# Ibn al-Qifti

> Jamāl al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan 'Alī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn 'Abd al-Wahid al-Shaybānī, called al-Qifṭī, was an Egyptian Arab historian, biographer, encyclopedist and administrator under the Ayyubid rulers of Aleppo. His biographical dictionary Kitāb Ikhbār al-'Ulamā' bi Akhbār al-Ḥukamā is an important source of Islamic biography. Much of his vast literary output is lost, including his histories of the Seljuks, Buyids and the Maghreb, and biographical dictionaries of philosophers and philologists.

*13th century Egyptian historian and biographer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ibn-al-qifti

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1172
- **Died:** 1248
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 49.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Ibn al-Qiftiy](https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Qiftiy)
- [جمال الدين القفطي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%81%D8%B7%D9%8A)
- [جمال الدين القفطى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%81%D8%B7%D9%89)
- [আল-কিফতি](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF)
- [Ibn al-Qiftī](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Qift%C4%AB)
- [Al-Qifti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qifti)
- [جمال‌الدین قفطی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%82%D9%81%D8%B7%DB%8C)
- [Ibn al Qifti](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al_Qifti)
- [Al-Qifti](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qifti)
- [Ibn al-Qiftiy](https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Qiftiy)
- [Ибн аль-Кифти](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%82%D0%B8)
- [İbnü'l Kıftî](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0bn%C3%BC'l_K%C4%B1ft%C3%AE)
- [القفطی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%81%D8%B7%DB%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2481432)

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