Career
The nisba (attributive title), Jazari, denotes an origin from Jazirat ibn 'Umar. It is said that Al-Jazari was born after his father's prayers for a son during the Hajj. He completed the memorization of the Qur'an at the age of 13 and learned the art of Qur'anic recitation at an early age.
In Damascus, al-Jazari founded and headed Dar al-Qur'an, a school that specialized in Qur'anic sciences. He travelled to Mecca, Medina, Cairo and Alexandria where he took knowledge from its scholars and in 774 AH, he was authorized by his teacher Ibn Kathir to issue verdicts in Islamic law. He served as a qadi (judge) of Damascus in 793 AH and later in Shiraz where he died.