At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb · Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Firyani al-Maghribi, attributed to Firyana, a village near Mafaqis. 2
His life in Ibn al-Imad
He came to Cairo and frequently visited al-Maqrizi. He went round the villages of the countryside preaching to people, and he could recall many histories and reports. 2
He claimed to know hadith and its transmitters, turned away from the school of Malik and claimed to follow al-Shafi'i, and held the judgeship of Nablus. 2
The mountains of Hamida
In 848 AH he went to the mountains of Hamida in the Holy Land, steep mountains hard to climb. He stayed with its people and claimed to be the Mahdi, and it is said he claimed to be al-Qahtani. His claim spread there. 2
The claim is attributed to him in Ibn al-Imad's account. What became of his affair needs an additional source.
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 261-262
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.261-262
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Firyani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-firyani-mahdi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.