Sibt ibn al-Jawzi

For other uses, see Ibn al-Jawzi (disambiguation).

Shams al-Din Abu al-Muzaffar Yusuf ibn Kizoghlu (c. 581AH/1185–654AH/1256),^[1] popularly known as Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī (Arabic: سبط ابن الجوزي) was a writer, preacher and historian.^[2]

Sibt ibn al-Jawzi
Personal life
Born	581 AH (1185/1186CE)
Died	654 AH (1256/1257CE)
Era	Islamic golden age
Region	Iraq and Syria
Main interest(s)	History and Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Mir’at al-zaman, The Defense and Advocacy of the True School of Law, Tazkirat ul-Khawas
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Hanafi[1]
Muslim leader
Influenced by Abu-al-Faraj ibn Al-Jawzi

Biography

Born in Baghdad, the son of a Turkish freedman and Ibn al-Jawzi's daughter, he was raised by his grandfather.^[1] After his grandfather's death he moved to Damascus, where he worked under the Ayyubids Sultans al-Mu'azzam, an-Nasir Dawud, and al-Ashraf.^[3] In 1229, on an-Nasir's command, he gave a fiery sermon in the Umayyad Mosque denouncing the treaty of Jaffa with the Crusaders as Damascus prepared for the coming siege at the hands of al-Ashraf.^[4]

He is the grandson of the Hanbali scholar Abul-Faraj Ibn Al-Jawzi. His title "Sibt ibn al-Jawzi" denotes that he was the sibṭ (grandson) of Ibn al-Jawzi from his daughter's side.^{[citation needed]}

Unlike his Hanbali grandfather, he was of the Hanafi madhhab, which was the judicial school common to those of Turkish descent and preferred by the Ayyubid Sultans.^[1] He has also been described as having Shia tendencies, most notably by al-Dhahabi.^[3] His historical writings, which include more critical accounts of Uthman compared to other sources, and Ibn Kathir's obituary of him have been given as evidence supporting this.^[3]

He was an Arab historian.^[5]

Works

• Mir’at al-Zamān fī Tawarīkh al-'Ayān (مرآة الزمان في تواريخ الأعيان) 'Mirror of time in histories of the notables'; 23-volume encyclopedic biographical History. www.archive.org (Beirut, 2013, in Arabic.)
• The Defense and Advocacy of the True School of Law (Arabic: al-Intisar wa al-Tarjih li al-Madhhab al-Sahih) - in praise of Abu Hanifa and his school.
• Tazkirat ul-Khawasتذکرۃ الخواص-Introduced eminence of the heirs of Muhammad The Prophet of Islam

For more information on him and his works see:

• Abjad Al-Ulum - Siddiq Hasan Al Qunuji
• Kashf al-Zunun
• Mu'jam al-matbu'at