al-Tajuri Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad

التاجوري عبد الرحمن بن محمد

1553 CE · 960 AH

Scholar from Tajura near Tripoli in Libya, after which he is named; died 960 AH (1553 CE).

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Roles
Scholar · Jurist
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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Maghreb
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad, mufti of Zabid · 'Abd Allah al-Fakihi, the grammarian · Abu al-Su'ud Afandi · Abu Numayy II, sharif of Mecca · Najm al-Din al-Ghayti, Egypt's shaykh al-Islam

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Overview

Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abu Zayd al-Tajuri, a scholar and jurist from Tajura near Tripoli in Libya, to which he is attributed. He died in 960 AH (1553 CE). 1

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Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Habib Ali al-Jifri· Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali· Malik ibn Anas· Umar bin Hafiz· Uthman ibn Affan· Zayd ibn Thabit

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Tajuri Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-tajuri-abd-al-rahman-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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