Abu Bakr al-Khujandi, lecturer at the Nizamiyya of Isfahan

The scholar Abu Bakr al-Khujandi — of Khujanda, a city at the far end of the Jaxartes — Muhammad b. Thabit b. al-Hasan, Shafi'i preacher resident of Isfahan, teacher of its Nizamiyya, shaykh of its Shafi'is and their head; the limit in preaching ended with him and he had a mighty hand in speculative theology and the principles — his knowledge spread through the lands and a company trained on him and his discourse; he read fiqh under Abu Sahl al-Abiwardi. He died in Dhu'l-Qa'da 483. ¹