At a glance
- Roles
- Philosopher · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- PhilosopherTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Nizam al-Din Abd al-Ali ibn Muhammad al-Barjandi, from Barjand in the province of Khurasan. He was born in the middle of the ninth century AH and died in 935 AH (1528 CE). The "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters" classes him among the philosophers and scholars. 1
The museum's data do not record the year of his birth or his works, which need an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Barjandi, Nizam al-Din Abd al-Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-barjandi-nizam-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.