[2][1][3] As for his father, Mahammad bin Aidmar, we do not know the truth about him, as the sources do not provide us with sufficient information about him, except for what we found from Al-Asqalani that his father Mahammad was “Dawadar” Badr Al-Din, the son of Al-Qalanisi's cousin, and that he died on the 21 of Shawwal in the year 761 AH / 1359 AD.
Although Haji Khalifa returns to make up his mind, he refers more than once in his book to his death in the year 809 AH / 1406 AD.
[1][3] We did not find in most of the sources that translated Ibn Duqmaq the principle of his professional or scientific life in any detail.
Most of these sources indicate that Ibn Duqmaq, was at the beginning of his career a soldier, then knowledge became endearing to him, so he sought it and learned a little with a group of Hanafi jurists, and he turned to literature.
He wrote a large history of the years, another of the letters, and news of the state in two volumes, a biography of al-Zahir Barquq, and the Hanafi classes for which he was tested.
Sarim al-Din Ibn Duqmaq was not well-versed in literary and linguistic culture that would make him a historian with a degree of eloquence and proficiency in the Arabic language, although, as some historians mentioned, he was prolific in his historical writings, as Al-Sakhawi said about him, quoting Al-Maqrizi:[1][3]"He wrote more than two hundred books.
Historians have unanimously agreed that Sarim al-Din Ibrahim Ibn Duqmaq was a pleasant person, with a lot of humor, good friendliness, and little harshness towards people.
[1][3] There is no doubt that Ibn Duqmaq was one of the most prominent historians of his time, given the abundance of his works in writing history and the diversity of his topics.