Abu al-Hasan Ali 'izz al-Din ibn al-Athir (1160 - 1233) was a Kurdish/Islamic historian born in Cizîre in present-day south-eastern Turkey, from the Ibn Athir family. Events Erik den helige is succeeded by Karl Sverkersson. ... Kurdistan (literally meaning the land of Kurds)[1] is the name of a geographic region and a cultural region in Middle East inhabited predominantly by Kurds. ... // Events Fortress of Kalan built. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: History For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Abul Fida Ismail Ibn Hamwi belongs to the Ayyub family. ... Events Erik den helige is succeeded by Karl Sverkersson. ... // Events Fortress of Kalan built. ... The Kurds are an ethno-linguistic group inhabiting parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey (a region commonly referred to as Kurdistan). ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Ibn Athir is the family name of three brothers, all famous in Arabian literature, born at JazIrat ibn Umar in Kurdistan. ...

He spent a scholarly life in Mosul, but often visited Baghdad. For a time he was with Saladin's army in Syria and later lived in Aleppo and Damascus. His chief work was a history of the world, al-Kamil fi at-tarikh (The Complete History). He includes some information on the Rus' people in his chronology. Mosul (36°22′N 43°07′E; Arabic: , Kurdish: Mûsil, Syriac: ܢܝܢܘܐ Nîněwâ) is a city in northern Iraq. ... Location of Baghdad within Iraq Baghdad (Arabic: ‎ translit: , Kurdish: Bexda, from Persian Baagh-daad meaning given by God) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Saladin, from a 12th-century Arab codex. ... Old Town Aleppo viewed from the Citadel Aleppo is also the name of two townships in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Damascus by night, pictured from Jabal Qasioun; the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic: ‎ translit: Also commonly: الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. ... Rus is a term used to describe the ethnic group of eastern Slavs from which modern Russians have descended, as well as the earliest Russian states. ...

Works

• The Complete History - (Arabic Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh).

The Complete History - (Arabic: Al-Kamil fi al-Tarikh) is a classic Islamic History book written by Ali ibn al-Athir, Composed in ca. ...

See also

• List of Islamic scholars
• Ibn Fadlan
• Ibn Rustah
• Varangian

Islamic scholars are Muslim and non-Muslim scholars who work in one or more fields of Islamic studies. ... Ahmad ibn-al-Abbas ibn Rashid ibn-Hammad ibn-Fadlan (Aḥmad ʿibn alʿAbbās ʿibn Rasẖīd ʿibn ḥammād ʿibn Fadlān أحمد ابن العباس ابن رشيد ابن حماد ابن فضلان) was a tenth-century Arab scholar who wrote an account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Caliph... Ibn Rustah (in Persian: ابن رسته) was a 10th century Persian explorer and geographer born in Rosta district, Isfahan, Persia (See Encyclopaedia Iranica [1]). He wrote a geographical compendium. ... The Varangians (Russian: Variags, Варяги) were Scandinavians who travelled eastwards, mainly from Jutland and Sweden. ...

External links

• http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041903
• Ibn al-Athīr's Accounts of the Rūs: A Commentary and Translation by William E. Watson from Canadian/American Slavic Studies