Ibn 'Asakir (571H)

Thiqat ad-Din Ali Ibn al-Hasan ibn 'Asakir al-Dimashqi (499-571)

Al-Imam, al-'Allamah, al-Hafidh al-Kabir, al-Mujawwad. One of the greatest Hafidh of his time and historian, the author of Tarikh Dimashq. Shafii of Madhhab