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Ibn Arabi

Also known as: Ibn Arabi; primary name: Ibn 'Arabi; other name: Ibn 'Arabi, Muhyi al-Din Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad; other name: Ibn 'Arabi, Sheikh Akbar; other name: Ibn Arabi; other name: Ibn al-'Arabi, Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad
Details: individual; academic/intellectual; author/poet; Arabian; Male
Life dates: 1165-1240
Biography: Sufi mystic and philosopher, born Murcia, al-Andalus, 1165. Travelled to Mecca on 'hajj' (pilgrimage) at age of 35, then on to Anatolia four years later. in 1223, finally settled in Damascus where he lived until his death (1240), and where his tomb is constantly visited. Vastly prolific writer with some 800 works attributed to him, and very strong influence still felt in modern Arab world.