At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Ali, Abu al-Khayr al-Baydawi, a jurist, Qur'an commentator, theologian and expert in the principles of jurisprudence. He was born in 568 AH (1172 CE) and died in 685 AH (1286 CE). 1
He is the author of the commentary "Anwar al-Tanzil", which is Anwar al-Tanzil in the museum's records. 2
The dates come from one source and need a second.
Connections
- Authored
- Anwar al-Tanzil wa-Asrar al-Ta'wil
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Habib Ali al-Jifri· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Malik ibn Anas· Umar bin Hafiz· Uthman ibn Affan· Zayd ibn Thabit
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-baydawi-abd-allah-ibn-umar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.