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Abu al-Abbas Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Abd al-Salaam ibn Abdullah ibn Taymiya al-Harrani (Arabic: أبو عباس تقي الدين أحمد بن عبد السلام بن عبد الله ابن تيمية الحراني) (January 22, 1263 - 1328), was an Islamic scholar born in Harran, located in what is now Turkey, close to the Syrian border. He lived during the troubled times of the Mongol invasions.

He is said to have been born on Monday the 10th of Rabi' al-Awwal 661 H. (January 22, 1263 C.E.) at Harran. Hence his sobriquet of al-Harrani. In 1268 his family fled Mongol invaders and took refuge in Damascus. The elder Taymiya was an Islamic scholar and, subsequently, Ibn Taymiya would follow in his father's footsteps.