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al-Kalabadhi

الكلاباذي الحافظ

c. 1007 CE · 398 AH

Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Rustam al-Kalabadhi, the precise hafiz, one of the leading imams of hadith and a trustworthy transmitter. Kalabadh is a quarter of Bukhara. Ibn Khallikan says that the hafiz Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani put the date of his birth after the date of his death and garbled it in several respects 1.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun

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Abu Nasr Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Ali b. Rustam al-Kalabadhi, exacting hafiz; one of the imams of hadith, trustworthy — Kalabadh is a quarter of Bukhara. Ibn Khallikan says the hafiz Abu Sa'd al-Sam'ani placed his birth-date after his death-date and corrupted it in several respects. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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