Ibn al-Salah gathers the science of hadith in Khurasan: Nishapur and Marw, c. 605

ابن الصلاح يحصّل علم الحديث بخراسان: نيسابور ومرو، نحو ٦٠٥هـ

c. 1208 CE · c. 605 AH

Nishapur → Merv

Ibn al-Salah travelled to Khurasan, stayed a while and acquired the science of hadith there: at Nishapur he heard from Mansur al-Furawi, al-Mu'ayyad al-Tusi, al-Qasim b. al-Saffar and Zaynab al-Shi'riyya among others, and at Marw from Abu al-Muzaffar 'Abd al-Rahim b. al-Sam'ani, Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Mu'sawi and Abu Ja'far al-Sanji among others 1 2 3.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Persia & Central Asia
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1190120012101220 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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NishapurMerv

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Summary

Ibn al-Salah travelled to Khurasan, stayed a while and acquired the science of hadith there. 1 3

Nishapur and Marw

At Nishapur he heard Mansur al-Furawi, al-Mu'ayyad al-Tusi, al-Qasim b. al-Saffar, Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Sirram, Abu al-Ma'ali b. Nasir al-Ansari, Abu al-Najib Isma'il al-Qari' and Zaynab al-Shi'riyya; at Marw he heard Abu al-Muzaffar 'Abd al-Rahim b. al-Sam'ani, Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Mu'sawi, Abu Ja'far al-Sanji, Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Mas'udi and a group. 2

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Ibn al-Salah· Mansur al-Furawi· ابن السمعاني
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Nishapur· Merv

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Ibn 'Asakir's second great journey east, 529-533/1135-1139· Al-Sam'ani returns to Marw, marries, and his son 'Abd al-Rahim is born, 538/1143· Al-Sam'ani's third journey with his son 'Abd al-Rahim to Transoxiana, 549-552/1154-1157· Three years among the waqf libraries of Marw, and the idea of the Mujam al-Buldan, 615/1218· al-Sam'ani· Ibn al-Salah· ابن السمعاني· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 229
  2. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 185-186
  3. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 959
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Ibn 'Asakir's second great journey east, 529-533/1135-1139

In 529 Ibn 'Asakir set out east by way of Azerbaijan to Jurjan, travelled its lands and entered Isfahan, staying on this journey about four years, hearing Abu 'Abdallah al-Furawi, 'Abd al-Mun'im ibn al-Qushayri and many more. He crossed Khurasan, visited Isfahan, travelled in Transoxiana and stayed at Marw, where he met Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani and went with him to Nishapur and Herat; he had entered Nishapur about a month before al-Sam'ani in 529 and agreed to leave in 533.