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Al-Jawaliqi's ijaza to al-Zamakhshari at Baghdad, 533/1138

إجازة الجواليقي للزمخشري ببغداد، ٥٣٣هـ/١١٣٨م

c. 1138 CE · c. 533 AH

Baghdad

In 533/1138 al-Zamakhshari made a further trip to Mecca, passing through Baghdad where he visited the celebrated man of letters Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn al-Jawaliqi and received his ijaza 1. He had heard hadith in Baghdad on his journeys and debated with its scholars 2 3.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia · Levant & Iraq · Arabia

In time

1120113011401150 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

In space

Baghdad

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Overview

In 533/1138 al-Zamakhshari made a further trip to Mecca, passing through Baghdad where he visited the celebrated man of letters Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn al-Jawaliqi and received his ijaza 1. He had heard hadith in Baghdad on his journeys and debated with its scholars 2 3.

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Had participant
الزمخشري
Occurred at
Baghdad

People and things also explored

Ibn al-Shajari· 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

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 12 p. 918
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 599
  3. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 12 p. 917
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Abu al-Sa'adat Hibatullah ibn Ali Ibn al-Shajari, d. AH 572 — his Amali spans eight volumes in five branches of adab.