Ahmad ibn Aqbaras, the Khwarazmian

أحمد بن آقبرس الخوارزمي

c. 1400 CE · 803 AH

Damascus

Al-Khwarazmi al-Salihi; he heard from Ishaq al-Amidi, Muhammad ibn al-Muhibb and Zaynab bint al-Kamal. Ibn Hajar said: 'I took much from him at al-Salihiyya, and he was a good man'; he died in the fitna (the turmoil) 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Karim al-Jili · Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi · Abd Allah ibn Miqdad al-Aqfahsi · Abu Zayyan Muhammad V, Marinid Sultan · Ahmadi Taj al-Din Ibrahim ibn Khidr

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Damascus

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    Ahmad Ibn Aqbaras, the Khwarizmian of al-Salihiyya; he heard from Ishaq al-Amidi, Muhammad b. al-Muhibb and Zaynab bint al-Kamal. Ibn Hajar said: "I took much from him at the Salihiyya and he was a good man" — he died in the fitna 1.

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    Died in
    Damascus
    Participated in
    Timur's Event at Damascus in 803 AH

    People and things also explored

    Ibrahim ibn Muflih, shaykh of the Hanbalis· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 32
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    Ibrahim ibn Muflih, shaykh of the Hanbalis

    Shaykh of the Hanbalis — last to leave Damascus in Timur's fitna, he debated Abd al-Jabbar the Mu'tazili before Timur himself and won the sulh that Timur then reneged on; the grief killed him within the year.