At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir al-Baghdadi, a theologian and researcher into the principles of religion and the doctrines of the sects, from Baghdad. He wrote on faith and its principles, on denying the createdness of the Qur'an, and on interpreting the ambiguous reports. 1
The museum's data do not record his birth or death years, which need an additional source.
People and things also explored
The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· Ghayba (occultation)· Ilm al-kalam (speculative theology)· The Imamate· Infallibility of the Imams (Twelver Shi'a)· The doctrine of the awaited Mahdi (al-mahdiyya)· Raj'a (the return to the world)· Disavowal (tabarri) of the Companions in Twelver Shi'a sources
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.634-635
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-baghdadi-abd-al-qahir-ibn-tahir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.