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Al-Tusi's arrival in Baghdad, 408/1017

قدوم الشيخ الطوسي بغداد، ٤٠٨هـ

c. 1017 CE · 408 AH

Baghdad

After completing his preliminary studies at Tus, Abu Ja'far al-Tusi left a basically Shafi'i Khurasan, increasingly under Ghaznavid control, for Baghdad where the Shi'i Buyids were dominant, in 408/1017; there he studied under leading Imami masters — Ibn Abi Jid, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Musa al-Ahwazi, al-Ghada'iri and Ibn Abdun — and above all al-Shaykh al-Mufid, of whom despite his youth he quickly became one of the favourite pupils 1.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Baghdad

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After completing his preliminary studies at Tus, Abu Ja'far al-Tusi left a basically Shafi'i Khurasan, increasingly under Ghaznavid control, for Baghdad where the Shi'i Buyids were dominant, in 408/1017; there he studied under leading Imami masters, above all al-Shaykh al-Mufid 1.

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al-Shaykh al-Tusi· al-Shaykh al-Mufid
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Baghdad

People and things also explored

Death of al-Shaykh al-Mufid and al-Sharif al-Murtada's succession, 413/1022· Al-Tusi succeeds al-Murtada as head of Baghdad's Shi'a, 436/1044· al-Shaykh al-Tusi· The Bab al-Tibn shrine exhumed and the Sammakin gate battle· The gate-building war between Karkh and al-Qala'in· The Karkh–Sunni reconciliation and joint pilgrimage to the two shrines· Restoration of the Sunni Adhan in Karkh and Restrictions on the Shi'a· Storming of al-Tusi's Karkh house and his refuge in Najaf, Safar 449/1057

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 10 p. 744
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Death of al-Shaykh al-Mufid and al-Sharif al-Murtada's succession, 413/1022

On the death of al-Shaykh al-Mufid in 413/1022 his pupil al-Sharif al-Murtada, 'Alam al-Huda — who had also studied under the Mu'tazili Abd al-Jabbar — took over the leadership of the capital's Imamis, and al-Tusi subsequently became his principal disciple.