Ibn Abi al-Isba, Zaki al-Din ibn Zafir
ابن أبي الإصبع، أبو محمد زكي الدين بن ظافر
c. 1199 CE · 595 AH – 1255 CE · 654 AH
An Egyptian writer and man of letters, raised in the schools of Egypt under the Ayyubids and part of the Bahri Mamluk period, author of works on rhetoric and figures of speech.
At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abd al-Azim ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Zafir, Abu Muhammad, whose title was Zaki al-Din al-Misri, known as Ibn Abi al-Isba'. An Egyptian writer and man of letters, raised in the schools of Egypt during the Ayyubid state and part of the Bahri Mamluk state. He wrote works on rhetoric (bayan) and figures of speech (badi'). 1
Dates
He was born around 595 AH (1199 CE) and died in 654 AH (1255 CE). 1
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Arab naming of children after plants· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.77
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Abi al-Isba, Zaki al-Din ibn Zafir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-abi-al-isba-zaki-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.