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al-Kamal al-Mahalli the Blind

الكمال المحلي الضرير

c. 1222 CE · c. 621 AH – c. October 1273 CE · Rabi' II 672 AH

Cairo's blind shaykh of the qurra' — holder of the western-iwan hadith chair at the newly finished Zahiriyya (662); d. Rabi' II 672 at fifty-one 1.

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Roles
muqri · Scholar · teacher
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Ahmad al-Badawi · Ahmad ibn Muhsin al-Ba'labakki · Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar

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    Sunni (transmitted)

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    Overview

    Al-Kamal al-Mahalli, blind shaykh of the readers at Cairo; a company profited from him — he was among those salaried to teach hadith at the western iwan of the Zahiriyya madrasa between the Palaces at its completion in 662; he died in Rabi' II at fifty-one. 1

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 585, 533
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