At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
The imam Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi al-Basri al-Shafi'i, who died in 450 AH. 2 He was one of the leading Shafi'i jurists.
Judgeship and writing
He held the judgeship in many lands, and wrote works on the principles and branches of jurisprudence. Among them are "al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyya", "Qawanin al-Wuzara'", "al-Hukm" and "al-Amthal", and "al-Nukat" on exegesis. 2
The data attribute to him al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyya, Adab al-Dunya wal-Din, Amthal al-Qur'an, and A'lam al-Nubuwwa. 1 Haji Khalifa says that the abridged "A'lam al-Nubuwwa" contains twenty-one chapters. 1
What he said of his books
It is reported that he expanded jurisprudence over four thousand leaves and then abridged it to forty. The "expanded" is the "al-Hawi" and the "abridged" is "al-Iqna'". 2
Notes for researchers
- The year of death, 450 AH, is converted to about 1058 CE, and needs a second source.
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Saymari, Abu Abdallah al-Husayn ibn Ali· جلال الدولة أبو طاهر بن بهاء الدولة· Baghdad· The Shahanshah laqab controversy· Tughril Beg Seizes al-Rayy· Adab al-Dunya wal-Din· al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyya by al-Mawardi· A'lam al-Nubuwwa
Sources
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 518
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Mawardi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-mawardi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.