# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:41:03.922Z

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name: "Ibn Kathir"
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tagline: "Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 1300 in Bostra in what is now Syria, Ibn Kathir studied under Ibn Taymiyya and al-Dhahabi, absorbing a strict textualist theology that rejected speculative reasoning. He became an expert in Quranic exegesis, history, and Islamic law, writing a fourteen-volume universal history titled al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya. His tafsir stood apart for its critical stance toward Israʼiliyyat — narratives borrowed from Jewish, Christian, or Zoroastrian sources that had crept into earlier commentaries. Where exegetes like al-Tabari had woven in varied traditions, Ibn Kathir insisted on hadith and scripture alone, following the Athari school's demand for strict textualism. He died in 1373, leaving a methodology that would define conservative Sunni scholarship for centuries.