At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
Summary
The hafiz Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn Thabit — al-Khatib al-Baghdadi — was born in 392; his father Abu al-Hasan had heard al-Kattani and was the preacher of Darzijan, a village below Baghdad on the west bank of the Tigris 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi· Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Thabit, al-Khatib of Darzijan
- Occurred at
- Darzijan
People and things also explored
The battle of al-Basasiri and the sermon for the Ubaydi al-Mustansir in Baghdad· Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi dies and is buried beside Bishr al-Hafi, 7 Dhu al-Hijja 463/1071· Al-Khatib leaves Baghdad for al-Sham after the Basasiri fitna, 451/1059· Al-Khatib's first audition, aged eleven, c. 403/1012· Al-Khatib's hajj, with hearings in al-Sham and Mecca, 446/1054· Al-Khatib journeys to Nishapur and Isfahan at twenty-three, 415/1024· Al-Khatib returns to Baghdad; the Tarikh is heard at the Nizamiyya, Dhu al-Hijja 462/1070· Al-Khatib journeys to Basra at twenty, 412/1021
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 86
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi is born, 392/1002”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/khatib-baghdadi-birth-392/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.