At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer · Jurist · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Hasan al-Jurjani, born in Jurjan, grew up there and learned its sciences. He wrote in literary criticism the book "al-Wasata bayn al-Mutanabbi wa Khusumihi" (Mediation between al-Mutanabbi and his Adversaries). The source says he died in 392 AH (1001 CE). 1
In al-Shirazi
Al-Shirazi mentions him as a judge, jurist, man of letters and poet who had a diwan, and does not give the year of his death. 2
Notes for researchers
- Matching the name in the two biographies is not enough to confirm they are the same man; the identity needs confirmation from an additional source.
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi) , p.64
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Jurjani, Ali ibn Abd al-Aziz”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jurjani-ali-ibn-abd-al-aziz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.