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Abu Ali al-Zajjaji al-Tabari

أبو علي الزجاجي الطبري

Abu Ali al-Zajjaji al-Tabari, one of the companions of Abu al-Abbas Ibn al-Qass and author of «Ziyadat al-Miftah»; the jurists of Amol learned from him, and Abu al-Tayyib the qadi, the teacher of al-Shirazi, studied under him 1. al-Shirazi does not mention the date of his death.

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Abu Ali al-Zajjaji al-Tabari, one of the companions of Abu al-Abbas ibn al-Qass. He wrote "Ziyadat al-Miftah", and the jurists of Amul took jurisprudence from him; the judge Abu al-Tayyib, the teacher of al-Shirazi, studied with him. 1

Al-Shirazi does not give his date of death.

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  1. Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p. 61
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