Exhibition: Imagining the World: Unexplored Global Collections at Columbia
Item appears in the following exhibition pageImagining the World: Unexplored Global Collections at Columbia: Encounters, Movements and Travel Item Information Dublin CoreTitleTarīkh madīnat Dimashq
DescriptionTarīkh madīnat Dimashq is a biographical dictionary written by Ibn ʿAsākir, a 12th c. scholar who dominated political, cultural and educational life in Damascus then. It celebrates Syria and Damascus, and offers a glimpse onto the lives and achievements of pious figures, notable politicians and scholars who lived in Damascus or passed through it. It is one of the treasures of medieval Islamic historiography in that it preserves extensive excerpts from hundreds of now lost works of Muslim historians and religious scholars.
CreatorIbn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, 1105-1176.
Dateapproximately 1141
RightsNo Copyright - United States
LanguageArabic
TypeStill Image
IdentifierMS X893.7 Ib66
CitationIbn ʻAsākir, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥasan, 1105-1176., “Tarīkh madīnat Dimashq,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed February 10, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/global/item/12066. |