At a glance
- Roles
- Historian · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
History-writing and social thoughtLiterature
Place in the story
- HistorianTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Al-Kharashi, an Iraqi from Samarra, an akhbari and author. He gathered witty sayings and anecdotes, and was original in his writings. He died in 327 AH (938 CE), according to the "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters". 1
His personal name is not recorded in the museum's data, and needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi· al-Jahiz· Ibn al-Abbar, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Ibn al-Ahmar, Isma'il ibn Yusuf· Ibn al-Athir Imad al-Din· Idris ibn Husam al-Din al-'Ajami· al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Kharashi, Samarra akhbari”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-khurashi-samarra-akhbari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.