Ibn al-Assar
ابن العصار
c. 1114 CE · 508 AH – 1180 CE · 576 AH
Ibn al-Assar (508–576) — Baghdad philologist of Ibn al-Shajari and Ibn al-Jawaliqi's line; keeper of al-Mutanabbi's diwan whose beautiful hand collectors competed over 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- philologist · calligrapher
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Review
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Life in time
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Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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