Al-Dimashqi

The Arabic nisbah (attributive title) Al-Dimashqi (Arabic: الدمشقي) denotes an origin from Damascus, Syria.

Al-Dimashqi may refer to:

  • Al-Dimashqi (geographer): a medieval Arab geographer.
  • Abu al-Fadl Ja'far ibn 'Ali al-Dimashqi: 12th-century Muslim merchant.
  • Al-Dhahabi: Shafi'i Muhaddith and historian of Islam.
  • Ibn al-Nafis: Arab physician who is mostly famous for being the first to describe the pulmonary circulation of the blood.
  • Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya: a prominent Sunni Islamic jurist.
  • Ibn 'Asakir: a Sunni Islamic scholar and historian

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