At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · Arabia
- Review
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Overview
On recovering, al-Zamakhshari visited Baghdad and debated with the Hanafi jurist Ahmad ibn Ali al-Damaghani and the grammarian al-Sharif Hibat Allah ibn al-Shajari. He then made the pilgrimage and was welcomed by the amir of Mecca, the Mu'tazili Zaydi man of letters Sharif Ali ibn Hamza ibn Wahhas, staying with him two years as a greatly honoured guest and visiting parts of Arabia and Yemen, before returning to Jurjaniyya, where the Khwarazmshahs Muhammad ibn Anushtakin (d. 521/1127) and his son Atsiz honoured him 1.
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People and things also explored
Completion of al-Kashshaf at Mecca, 528/1133· Al-Zamakhshari's second journey to Mecca via Damascus, 526/1132· Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 12 p. 917-918
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Zamakhshari's first pilgrimage and the hospitality of Ibn Wahhas, c. 513/1119”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-zamakhshari-mecca-first-513/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.