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Al-Khatib's first audition, aged eleven, c. 403/1012

أول سماع الخطيب وله إحدى عشرة سنة، نحو ٤٠٣هـ

c. 1012 CE · c. 403 AH

Baghdad

Abu al-Hasan al-Khatib pressed his son Abu Bakr to attend hadith auditions while still a child, and he began hearing at eleven years old — about the year 403 — among the earliest beginners of his generation 1.

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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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Baghdad

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Summary

His father pressed him to attend auditions while still a child, and he began hearing hadith at eleven — about the year 403 1.

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Had participant
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi· Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Thabit, al-Khatib of Darzijan
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Baghdad

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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 returns to Baghdad; the Tarikh is heard at the Nizamiyya, Dhu al-Hijja 462/1070· Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi· Baghdad· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 87
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The battle of al-Basasiri and the sermon for the Ubaydi al-Mustansir in Baghdad

Arslan al-Basasiri grew so mighty he was preached on the minbars and the caliph decided nothing without him; when his ill creed proved out and his plan to sack the palace surfaced, al-Qa'im wrote secretly to Tughrul Beg at Rayy. Tughrul came in 447; al-Basasiri fell back to Rahba, took the Egyptian al-Mustansir's money and the treacherous brother Inal's distraction. In 450 he entered Baghdad under Egyptian banners — the khutba went to al-Mustansir at the Mansur mosque, 'hayya ala khayr al-amal' entered the adhan — and seized the caliph in Dhu'l-Hijja, jailing him at Ana; the caliph's letter to God was hung on the Ka'ba. Tughrul killed Inal, had the caliph returned in honour on 25 Dhu'l-Qa'da 451, and al-Basasiri's head reached Baghdad.