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Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi

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Shams al-Dīn
Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī
Personal
Bornc. 1256
Safad near Damascus, Syria
Died1327 (aged 70–71)
Safad, Syria
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionCaliphate
DenominationSunni

Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi (full Arabic name: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Anṣārī al-Dimashqī, شمس الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أبي طالب الأنصاري الدمشقي), c. 1256–1327, was a Syrian scholar and theologian of Islam.[1]

He was born near Damascus and remained in his hometown until his death.[1] He worked on several subjects and served as an Imam at al-Rabwa.[1] Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi was given the titles Shaykh al-Rabwa and Shams al-Din.[1] He likely had a son named Abd Allah, hence his kunya Abu Abd Allah.[1]

Al-Dimashqi wrote an extended defence of Islam in response to the Letter from the People of Cyprus, itself a reworking of an earlier Letter to a Muslim Friend by the Christian bishop Paul of Antioch.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Thomas, David (2010-03-24), "Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī", Christian-Muslim Relations 600 - 1500, Brill, retrieved 2022-06-16