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al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad

الغزالي يترك بغداد

November 1095 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 488 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Baghdad

In November 1095 al-Ghazali abandoned his post and left Baghdad, on the pretext of a pilgrimage to Mecca (Britannica).

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Baghdad

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Baghdad
Had participant
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

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al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad

Sources

  • Al-Ghazali — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad

In 1091 the vizier Nizam al-Mulk appointed al-Ghazali chief professor of the Nizamiyya college in Baghdad, where he lectured to more than 300 students and examined the philosophy of al-Farabi and Avicenna (Britannica).