![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/%2527Imad_al-Din_Muhammad_bin_Muhammad_bin_Hamid_al-Katib_al-Isfahani_%2528d.1201%2529%253B_Tarikh_al-Barq_al-Bana%252C_Mamluk_Syria%252C_15th_century.jpg/640px-%2527Imad_al-Din_Muhammad_bin_Muhammad_bin_Hamid_al-Katib_al-Isfahani_%2528d.1201%2529%253B_Tarikh_al-Barq_al-Bana%252C_Mamluk_Syria%252C_15th_century.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Imad al-Din al-Isfahani
Persian historian and writer (1125–1201) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muhammad ibn Hamid (Persian: محمد ابن حامد, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Ḥāmid; 1125 – 20 June 1201), commonly known as Imad al-Din al-Isfahani (Persian: عماد الدین اصفهانی), was a historian, scholar, and rhetorician. He left a valuable anthology of Arabic poetry to accompany his many historical works[3] and worked as a man of letters during the Zengid and Ayyubid period.
![]() |
Quick Facts Birth name, Born ...
Imad al-Din al-Isfahani | |
---|---|
![]() Manuscript of Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani's Tarikh al-Barq al-Bana. Copy made in Mamluk Syria, dated 15th century | |
Birth name | Muhammad ibn Hamid |
Born | 1125[1] Isfahan, Seljuk Empire |
Died | 5 June 1201[2] Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty |
Allegiance | Zengid dynasty Ayyubid dynasty |
Unit | Kings Guard = |
Close