Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi

عبد القادر البغدادي

1621 CE · 1030 AH – 1682 CE · 1093 AH

Born in Baghdad, he was drawn to literature and the study of Arabic from childhood. He wrote Khizanat al-Adab.

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Roles
Scholar · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Gunpowder Empires Contemporaries: Abd al-Rauf al-Sinkili · Aurangzeb (Alamgir I) · Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha · Bahadur Nizam Shah · Ibrahim al-Kurani

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Overview

Abd al-Qadir ibn Umar ibn Bayazid ibn al-Hajj Ahmad al-Baghdadi, born in Baghdad in 1030 AH (1621 CE) and died in 1093 AH (1682 CE). 1

Literature and language

From his youth he had a passion for literature and for knowing and mastering the Arabic language, and he wrote «Khizanat al-adab». 1

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Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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