al-Bashti Abu Hamid Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kharazanji

البشتي أبو حامد أحمد بن محمد الخارزنجي

959 CE · 348 AH

Scholar of Nishapur, named after the district of Busht and the village of Kharazanj; died 348 AH (959 CE).

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Scholar
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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abu'l-Sa'ib 'Utba al-Hamadhani · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

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Abu Hamid Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Bashti al-Kharazanji, a scholar from Nishapur. He is attributed to Basht and Kharazanj. He died in 348 AH (959 CE). 1

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Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Bashti Abu Hamid Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Kharazanji”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-bashti-abu-hamid-ahmad-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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