Background
According to the 1911 Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, he was born in Jazirat Ibn Umar, Great Seljuq Empire.
According to the 1911 Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, he was born in Jazirat Ibn Umar, Great Seljuq Empire.
Ibn al-Athir belonged to the large and influential Arab tribe Banu Bakr, who lived across upper Mesopotamia, and gave their name to the city of Diyar Bakr. First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Athir lived a scholarly life in Mosul, often visited Baghdad and for a time traveled with Saladin"s army in Syria. He later lived in Aleppo and Damascus.
His chief work was a history of the world, al-Kamil fi at-Tarikh (The Complete History).
He included some information on the Rus" people in his chronology. He died in the city of Mosul.
According to Reuters, his tomb was desecrated in Mosul by members of the al-Qaeda offshoot the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in June 2014.