Akram Dia'a Al-Umari

Akram Dia'a Al-Umari is an Iraqi historian. He holds a PhD in Islamic history, and is a professor of Islamic history and hadith studies. He was awarded the King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies in 1996.

Early life

Al-Umari was born in Mosul, northern Iraq, in 1942. His family subsequently moved to Baghdad.