| Yusuf al-Mizzi | |
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| Born | 654 AH Mizza, Aleppo, now Syria |
| Died | 743 AH Damascus, now Syria |
| Era | Medieval era /Midlle Ages |
| Region | Syrian scholar |
| School | Shafi'i |
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Ilm ar-Rijal |
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Jamal al-Din, Abi al-Hajjaj, Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi (Arabic: يوسف بن عبدالرحمن المزي) was an Islamic scholar from the Levant.
Al-Mizzi was born in Aleppo and grew up and settled in Damascus. He is the father-in-law of Ibn Kathir. He died at Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah in Damascus in the year 1342 C.E. He was buried in the Sufiyyah graveyard.