Ali ibn Makula ابن ماكولا | |
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| Born | 1030 |
| Died | 1083, 1086 or 1095 |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Later Abbasid era, (Islamic Golden Age) |
| Main interests | biography history, genealogy, etymology, orthography |
| Notable works | Kitāb al-Ikmāl |
Abū Naṣr Alī ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ja'far ibn Allakān ibn Muḥammad ibn Dulaf ibn Abī Dulaf al-Qāsim ibn ‘Īsā al-Ijlī, surnamed Sa’d al-Muluk and known as Ibn Mākūlā (Arabic: ابن ماكولا; 1030/31–1082/83) was a highly regarded Arab muḥaddith (Ḥadīth scholar) and historian who authored several works. His magnum opus was his biographical-genealogical history on etymology and orthography of Islamic names, Al-Ikmāl.