Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Jama’ah al-Kinani I'zz al-Din Abu Omar (d.1365-66), Kitab al-mukhtasar al-kabir fi sirah al-Rasul (a biography of The Prophet), Near East, Mamluk, late 14th/15th century

Known as the Judge of Judges, ibn Jama’ah Izz al-Din was born in Damascus, and later moved to Cairo before dying in Mecca in 1365-66. He compiled several religious commentaries and treatises on jurisprudence. The current text is a biography of the Prophet, divided into several chapters, including (but not limited to):

Al-Isra wa al-Mi’raj (p.1): the Night Journey

Bad’u islam al-ansar (f.2): the genesis of Islam

Hijra al-muslimin thumma hijra Rasul Allah ila al-madina (f.6): the hijra from Mecca

Dhakar ghazawatih (f.17): His conquests and battles

Dhakar akhilaqih (f.27): His character

Dhakar mu’jizatih (f.32): His miracles

Dhakar awladih (f.34): His descendants

Dhakar a’mamih wa ‘amatih (f.38): His uncles and aunts

Dhakar zawjatih (f.44): His wives

Dhakar mawalihi (f.61): His guardians

Dhakar malabisih (f.77): His cloths

Dhakar dawabih (f.81): His animals

Dhakar wafatih (f.88): His death

Hasir Quraysh Rasul Allah fi al-sha’b (f.99)

An undated copy is now in the Public Library of Baghdad, inv. no.957; one dated 1021 AH/1612-13 AD is in the Kuwait University library inv. no.45; another dated 1036 AH/1626-27 AD is in the al-Azhar Library, inv. no.997 and a later copy, dated 1111 AH/1699-1700 AD is in the Library of Egypt, inv. no.3267. The present manuscript appears to be the earliest copy of the text. For additional information about the author and the different versions of the original text see the printed edition edited by Sami Maki al-‘Ani, printed by Dar al-Bashir, Beirut, 1993.