At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Jawaliqi al-Baghdadi, a philologist and man of letters. He was born in Baghdad in 465 AH (1073 CE), grew up there, and died in 540 AH (1145 CE). 1
His nisba
He is attributed to "al-Jawaliq", a Persian word which the source says means justice. 1
What the sources do not give here
The data of this page give no details of his works or his teachers. It needs an additional source.
Connections
- Parent of
- إسماعيل بن الجواليقي
People and things also explored
إسماعيل بن الجواليقي· God teaches Adam the names· Amharic· Arabic· Bengali· Bosnian· Hausa· Indonesian
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Jawaliqi Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jawaliqi-abu-mansur-mawhub-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.