Akhu Muhsin

Abu'l-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ali (Arabic: أبو الحسين محمد بن علي‎), better known by his nickname Akhu Muhsin (أخو محسن), was a 10th-century anti-Isma'ili writer. Himself of Alid descent, Akhu Muhsin lived in Damascus, and was one of the first writers interested in Alid genealogy. Based to a large degree on the previous anti-Isma'ili tract of , which now survives only in fragmentary form, he composed his own treatise against the Fatimid Caliphate and their Isma'ili adherents c. 980. It too does not survive but in fragments, incorporated in the works of the later historians al-Nuwayri, , and al-Maqrizi.

Akhu Muhsin

Abu'l-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ali (Arabic: أبو الحسين محمد بن علي‎), better known by his nickname Akhu Muhsin (أخو محسن), was a 10th-century anti-Isma'ili writer. Himself of Alid descent, Akhu Muhsin lived in Damascus, and was one of the first writers interested in Alid genealogy. Based to a large degree on the previous anti-Isma'ili tract of , which now survives only in fragmentary form, he composed his own treatise against the Fatimid Caliphate and their Isma'ili adherents c. 980. It too does not survive but in fragments, incorporated in the works of the later historians al-Nuwayri, , and al-Maqrizi.