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Al-Mizzi

Yusuf al-Mizzi
Born 654 AH
Mizza, Aleppo, now Syria
Died 743 AH
Damascus, now Syria
Era Medieval era /(Midlled Ages
Region Syrian scholar
School Shafi'i
Main interests
Ilm ar-Rijal

Jamal al-Din, Abi al-Hajjaj, Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi (Arabic: يوسف بن عبدالرحمن المزي‎‎) was an Islamic scholar from the Levant.

Al-Mizzi was born in Aleppo and grew up and settled in Damascus. He is the father-in-law of Ibn Kathir. He died at Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah in Damascus in the year 1342 C.E. He was buried in the Sufiyyah graveyard.



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