At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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Summary
When the Arslanian era dawned in 455/1063 and the vizier Nizam al-Mulk restored the balance between Hanafis and Shafi'is, al-Qushayri returned from Tus to Nishapur, where he lived out ten honoured, obeyed and venerated years until his death; Nizam al-Mulk brought back the exiled imams of Khurasan and honoured them 1 2 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri· نظام الملك وزير ألب أرسلان
- Occurred at
- Tus· Nishapur
People and things also explored
Al-Baghdadi teaches in seventeen fields at Nishapur as Khurasan's imams study under him, c. 425/1033· Al-Qushayri composes his great tafsir, Lata'if al-isharat, before 410/1019· The pulpit-cursing ordeal opens at Nishapur, 445/1053· The Nizamiyya of Nishapur· Al-Qushayri's manifesto defending al-Ash'ari, 436/1045· Al-Qushayri joins Abu Ali al-Daqqaq's circle at Nishapur, c. 400/1009· Al-Qushayri's first hadith dictation sessions, 437/1046· Al-Qushayri imprisoned in the fitna of 446/1054 — he writes the 'Complaint of the people of the Sunna'
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 175
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 5 p. 564
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 310
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Qushayri's return to Nishapur as Nizam al-Mulk's era dawns, 455/1063”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/qushayri-return-nishapur-455/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.