At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Raffaqi, a man of letters from al-Raffaqa. He was born in 373 AH (983 CE) and died in 422 AH (1031 CE), according to the "Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters". 1
His poetry, works and teachers are not recorded in the data and need an additional source.
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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-Raffaqi, al-Husayn ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-raffaqi-al-husayn-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.