Al-Manazi · Islam Museum

Depth

At a glance

Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

Overview

Abu Nasr Ahmad b. Yusuf al-Sulayki al-Manazi, katib; among the notables of the excellent and the exemplars of poets — vizier to Abu Nasr Ahmad b. Marwan the Kurd, lord of Mayyafariqin and Diyar Bakr — and envoy to Constantinople more than once. ¹

His library; with al-Ma'arri

He gathered many books then endowed them on the congregational mosques of Mayyafariqin and Amid — they remain in the two mosques' treasuries known as the Kutub al-Manazi; and he met Abu'l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri at Ma'arrat al-Nu'man. ¹

Sources

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

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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Manazi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-manazi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story.