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Al-Khatib's preaching disputation at Tripoli, c. 447/1055

مناظرة الخطيب في الخطابة بطرابلس، نحو ٤٤٧هـ

c. 1055 CE · c. 447 AH

Tripoli in the Levant

Al-Khatib entered Tripoli on his way back from the hajj, about 446–447, and held a disputation in the art of preaching with the qadi al-Husayn ibn Bishr, holder of Tripoli's Dar al-'Ilm; al-Karajaki (d. 449) recorded it in his rihla, from whom Ibn Abi Tayy transmitted it, then Ibn Hajar in Lisan al-Mizan 1.

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

In time

1040105010601070 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Tripoli in the Levant

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Summary

On his way back from the hajj, about 446–447, he entered Tripoli and held a disputation in the art of preaching with the qadi al-Husayn ibn Bishr, holder of its Dar al-'Ilm, recorded by al-Karajaki in his rihla 1.

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Had participant
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi· al-Qadi al-Husayn ibn Bishr al-Tarabulusi
Occurred at
Tripoli in the Levant
During the reign of
al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir

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 hajj, with hearings in al-Sham and Mecca, 446/1054· Al-Khatib returns to Baghdad; the Tarikh is heard at the Nizamiyya, Dhu al-Hijja 462/1070· Al-Khatib settles at Tyre and visits Jerusalem, 457/1065· Baghdad· Abu Kalijar Enters Baghdad and the Kettledrums Are Beaten for Him

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 93
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Khatib's preaching disputation at Tripoli, c. 447/1055”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/khatib-tripoli-munazara-447/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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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.