Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
'Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id ibn 'Ali ibn Sa'id ibn Bishr ibn Marwan, the imam, hafiz, authority and genealogist, traditionist of the Egyptian lands Abu Muhammad al-Azdi, author of al-Mu'talif wa-l-Mukhtalif; born in 332 AH, he died in 409 AH. 1
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Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.2300
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abd-al-ghani-ibn-said-al-azdi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.