a toponymic identity with which he identified.

Biography

Sources

Outside of his own work, there is little biographical information available about al-Maqdisi. He is neither found in the voluminous biographies of Ibn Khallikan (d. 1282) nor were the aspects of his life mentioned in the works of his contemporaries.

Early life and education

He was born in Jerusalem in and belonged to a middle-class family whose roots in the city's

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