Al-Tha'alibi composes the Tatimmat al-Yatima late in life, c. 420/1029

الثعالبي يصنّف «تتمة اليتيمة» في أواخر عمره، نحو ٤٢٠هـ

c. 1029 CE · c. 420 AH

Nishapur

Late in life at Nishapur al-Tha'alibi composed the Tatimmat al-Yatima, a supplement to his Yatimat al-Dahr following the same geographical arrangement, gathering the writers who had risen to prominence in his own adult lifetime, and giving generous publicity to his students — foremost al-Bakharzi, author of the Dumyat al-Qasr 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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102010301040 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Nishapur

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Late in life at Nishapur al-Tha'alibi composed the Tatimmat al-Yatima, a supplement to his Yatimat al-Dahr following the same geographical arrangement, gathering the writers who had risen to prominence in his own adult lifetime, and giving generous publicity to his students — foremost al-Bakharzi, author of the Dumyat al-Qasr 1.

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Al-Tha'alibi is born at Nishapur, 350/961· Al-Tha'alibi dies at Nishapur, 429/1038· Al-Tha'alibi studies adab under Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi, c. 375/985· Al-Tha'alibi the schoolmaster and his Mikali patrons, c. 380/990· Al-Tha'alibi returns to Nishapur, probably by way of Herat, c. 412/1022· al-Tha'alibi· Nishapur· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur

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  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 10 p. 451
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Al-Tha'alibi is born at Nishapur, 350/961

Abu Mansur Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Tha'alibi was born in 350 AH at Nishapur, the city that in his generation became a cultural rival to Baghdad; Ibn al-Imad notes he lived eighty years.