Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
The imam and hafiz Abu 'Ali al-Hasan b. al-Husayn al-Zarakani, known as Alb Arslan; an imam, hafiz and trustee on whom al-Silafi selected a hundred parts. He lived 139 years, born 483, and died in 519. 1
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 539
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islam.museum contributors. “الزركاني أبو علي الحافظ”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-zarakani-al-hafiz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.