At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
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Summary
Al-Safadi died at Damascus in the night of Saturday to Sunday, 10 Shawwal 764/23 July 1363, during one of the city's periodic plague outbreaks, while holding the post of wakil al-khizana; al-Dhahabi called him 'the accomplished littérateur and writer who shared in all the disciplines', and Ibn Kathir credits him with nearly two hundred volumes 1 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi
- Occurred at
- Damascus
- During the reign of
- al-Mutawakkil ala Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mu'tadid
People and things also explored
Death of Taj al-Din al-Subki in Damascus, 7 Dhu al-Hijja 771· Ibn al-Mulaqqin's journey to Damascus, teaching and giving fatwa, 777/1375· Ibn Kathir loses his sight in his last years, about 772/1371· Ibn Kathir dies at Damascus, Sha'ban 774/February 1373· Death of Ibn Rajab in Damascus and burial at Bab al-Saghir cemetery, Rajab or Ramadan 795· Ibn Rajab's teaching posts in Damascus and his preaching sessions, c. 775 onward· Al-Safadi's ijaza session in the Umayyad Mosque, Dhu al-Qa'da 756· Al-Safadi at Damascus meets Ibn Taymiyya, 717/1317
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 8 p. 759
- Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , vol. 2 p. 88-89
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Safadi dies at Damascus, 10 Shawwal 764/23 July 1363”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-al-safadi-764/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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