Al Muafa Al Nahrawani

Abu al-Faraj al-Mu'afa ibn Zakariyya al-Nahrawani, a judge from Nahrawan. ²

Ibn al-Nadim says that he was the unique figure of his age in the school of Abu Ja'far al-Tabari and the keeper of his books, versed in many sciences, very intelligent and quick in reply. He had some fifty-odd treatises on jurisprudence, theology, grammar and other things. ²

Among his books are "al-Nahrir" and "al-Minqar" on the principles of jurisprudence, "al-Hudud wa al-Uqud", "al-Murshid" on jurisprudence, "al-Mahadir wa al-Sijillat", a commentary on al-Tabari's "al-Khafif", a refutation of Dawud ibn Ali, and "al-Jalis wa al-Anis". ²

• The second source (al-Muruj al-Dhahab) is listed in the data without a page; it needs an additional source. No dates are recorded.