At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
In time
In space
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Summary
Since the chief teachers of Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni were scholars of Qumm, the EI2 concludes he must have studied there for a prolonged time, most likely in the last decade of the 3rd century AH (903-913) 1.
Qumm, school of the Imamiyya
Qumm was then the centre of the Imami traditionist school later represented by Ibn Babawayh al-Saduq; it was from this milieu that al-Kulayni emerged before moving to Baghdad 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
- Occurred at
- Qumm
- During the reign of
- al-Muktafi bi-Allah
People and things also explored
Al-Farabi moves to Baghdad· Battle of Fahs al-Riyah· Battle of Hama· Prisoner exchange between Muslims and Byzantines, 292 AH· Chess match of al-Suli and al-Mawardi before al-Muktafi· The Conquest of Qumm and Qashan· The Rising of the Brother of Sahib al-Shama and the Battle of Tiberias· Death of al-Kulayni at Baghdad, Sha'ban 329/May 941
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5 p. 400
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5 p. 400-401
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Kulayni's studies at Qumm, last decade of the third century”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/kulayni-studies-qumm/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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