Mosul Counties and Biographies in Qalaa'id Al-Juman by Ibn Al-Sha'aar Al-Mousilli (654 H/1256 A.D.)

Abstract

Biographies of this research are related to many towns and villages in Mosul. For instance، Sinjar and Al-Bawazeaj had the superiority over all other towns due to the large number of biographies of prominent figures found there. Several other biographies of many town as Sallamiya، Qubaissa، Baashiqa، Bartella، Dowela'a، Einsefni، Bawshnaia، ، Bomaria and Gunisiysa had also been mentioned by Ibn Al-Sha'aar whose reports in this regard had a great historical importance in terms of the scope of the towns or the biographies.These biographies amounted to Forty three، distributed on nineteen towns in Mosul. Through these biographies، Ibn Al-Sha'aar exceeded many historians of that age. He was the closest historian and writer to his age biographies which contained types، professions and crafts. Moreover، his field data exceeded t written ones recorded in books، documents، and notes.