At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutionsLiterature
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Fadl Kamal al-Din Jafar ibn Tha'laba al-Adfawi, from Adfu in Upper Egypt. He combined jurisprudence and literature. 1
Dates
He was born in 685 AH (1286 CE) and died in 748 AH (1347 CE). 1
People and things also explored
Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi· Al-Akhdari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.414
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-adfawi-jafar-ibn-thaalaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.