Ibn al-Athir Najm al-Din
ابن الأثير نجم الدين
1336 CE · 737 AH
The chancery writer Najm al-Din Ahmad ibn Isma'il ibn Sa'id al-Jazari al-Shaybani, of the Ibn al-Athir family; known for the art of insha' (official letter-writing) and served the chanceries of his day at Mosul.
At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
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Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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Connections
- Lived in
- Mosul
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Athir Diya' al-DinIbn al-Athir Imad al-DinGreat Mosque of al-NuriIbn al-Athir al-JazriIbn al-Athir Izz al-DinMosulKa'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'adKhuza'a's appeal to Medina
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Athir Najm al-Din”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-athir-najm-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.