Ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi

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Ismā‘īl ibn Kathīr
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Born c. 1300
Bosra, Mamluk Sultanate (present-day Syria)
Died 18 February 1373
Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate, (present-day Syria)
Occupation Scholar of hadith, scholar of tafsir
Notable works Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Adheem (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

al-Bidayah wal-Nihaya (The Beginning and the End)
Kitab al-Jami (The Comprehensive Book)
al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah (The Prophetic Sira)
Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets)
al-Ijtihad fi Talab al-Jihad (Deliberation in the Quest of Jihad)