اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب
اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب
Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari's al-Lubab — his three-volume epitome of al-Sam'ani's Ansab, finished Jumada I 615 and judged by Ibn Khallikan 'better than the original'; al-Suyuti epitomised it further as Lubb al-Lubab 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
"Al-Lubab fi Tahdhib al-Ansab" (The Essence in Refining the Genealogies), an abridgement by Izz al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad, Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari, who died in 630 AH, of al-Samani's book "Al-Ansab". 1
What Hajji Khalifa reports
Ibn al-Athir added things to it and made corrections to what had been left out. It is in three volumes, and he finished it in Jumada al-Ula 615 AH. According to Ibn Khallikan, it is better than the original. Al-Suyuti then abridged it and called the abridgement "Lubb al-Lubab". 1
Connections
- Authored by
- Ibn al-Athir al-Jazri
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Athir Diya' al-Din· Ibn al-Athir Izz al-Din· Mosul· أُسد الغابة في معرفة الصحابة· Ibn al-Athir al-Jazri
Sources
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.), p. 653-654
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islam.museum contributors. “اللباب في تهذيب الأنساب”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-lubab-fil-ansab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.