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Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region: Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Habib al-Mawardi al-Basri al-Shafi'i was born at Basra in 364/974; his father was a maker and seller of rose-water, from which his nisba derives ¹.

His upbringing

He completed his studies at Basra and Baghdad and became a teacher; he died at Baghdad in Rabi' I 450, aged eighty-six ¹ ².

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Had participant: al-Mawardi
Occurred at: Basra

People and things also explored

al-Mawardi· Basra· Great Mosque of Basra· Qasr Qubadh / the Hajjaj palace at Basra· Abu Dawud's first journey: Baghdad, Basra and Mecca, 220/835· Al-Muwaffaq's three wishes: Abu Dawud settles at Basra, c. 272/885· Al-Ash'ari composes Maqalat al-Islamiyyin and his refutations of the Mu'tazila· Al-Ash'ari publicly renounces Mu'tazilism in the Great Mosque of Basra, 300/912-13

Sources

Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 6 p. 896
al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.199-200

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islam.museum contributors. “Birth of Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi at Basra, 364/974”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/birth-al-mawardi-364/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi al-Shafi'i, d. AH 450 — author of A'lam al-Tubwa, a twenty-one-chapter epitome on the proofs of prophethood.