Al-Asʿad Abū l-Faraj Hibat Allāh ibn al-ʿAssāl
Date of Birth: Unknown; later 12th century
Place of Birth: Miṣr (Old Cairo) or Cairo
Date of Death: Between 1253 and 1259
Place of Death: Miṣr or Cairo
Biography
Al-Asʿad Abū l-Faraj Hibat Allāh ibn Abī l-Mufaḍḍal ibn Abī Isḥāq, known as Ibn al-ʿAssāl, was one of the famous ‘Awlād al-ʿAssāl’, four brothers who contributed greatly to the Copto-Arabic literary ‘renaissance’ of the 13th century. He was t…