Overview
Biography and setting
Ibn Asakir is presented as historian and hadith scholar associated with Damascus. The working chronology for this record is 499-571 AH / 1105-1176 CE. Known for biographical history and the scholarly memory of Damascus.
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499-571 AH / 1105-1176 CE
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