Muzaffar al-Din -Kawkpri in theAl Kamel fiTarikh by Ibn al-Athir al-djazri

This research aims to shed light on the personality, life and work of Muzaffar al-Din Kawkbari )549-630 AH / 1153-1232AD(. Principally businesses related to the both of political and military aspects, and that is through one of the most famous books of yearly histories, which is the book Al-Kamel fi Al-Tarikh by Ibn Al-Atheer D.:)630 AH / 1232 AD(, Al-Jazari, of origin, birth, and Al-Musali, both in residence and death. As his family belongs to Djazirat Ibn Umar, which is one of Al-Djazra cities. The importance of the research touches upon discussions on dealing with the news of this prince through the narrations of Ibn al-Atheer in Al-Kamel fi Al-Tarikh, the reasons behind the research problem probably is how Ibn al-Atheer got the news of this prince through the narrations he transmitted about him, and the sources of these narrations and their diversity clearly reveal the image of Muzaffar al-Din Kokpuri as embodied by Ibn al-Atheer in a well-known book Al-Kamel fi Al-Tarikh. It is one of the most famous books of general histories in which Ibn al-Athir opted the yearly system, so his book came in an order of years from the beginning of creation to the year )628 AH / 1230 AD(. The research was divided into three parts or sections the first one deals with the importance of what was mentioned in Al-Kamel fi Al-Tarikh by Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari on Muzaffar al-Din Kawkbari, However, the second part covers what came from the biography of Muzaffar al-Din Kawkbari and his assumption of the Emirate of Erbil, while, As concerning the third part, it covered his activity on the military level, with his participation in the wars of Crusades. The research came out with the most important result, which is that the competition for power by the Zangid and Ayyubid families had an impact on the writing of this book by the author, especially that it was written by the recommendation of the owner of Mosul, Badr al-Din Lulu)606-660AH/ 1209-1261 AD(.