عين القضاة الهمذاني

عين القضاة الهمذاني

c. 1131 CE · 525 AH

Hamadan

The jurist, scholar and litterateur Abu al-Ma'ali Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Miyanji — of Miyana in Azerbaijan — proverbial for brilliance; he entered Sufism and its subtleties until people flocked to him, then was crucified at Hamadan over those utterances deemed unbelief, in 525 1.

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Roles
mystic · Jurist · writer
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni

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Hamadan

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Summary

'Ayn al-Qudat al-Hamadhani, the jurist, scholar and adib Abu'l-Ma'ali 'Abdallah b. Muhammad al-Miyanji — from Miyana in Azerbaijan — one proverbial for intelligence; he entered Sufism and its subtleties and the meanings of the people's allusions until multitudes attached themselves to him, then he was crucified at Hamadan for those 'infidel expressions' in 525. 1

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Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan· Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)· Ibn Sina becomes vizier to Shams al-Dawla at Hamadan· The Mongol Sweep through Jibal, Azerbaijan and Georgia· The Tatars Return to Rayy and Hamadan in 621 AH· Aref Qazvini· مجد الدين أسعد الميهني· Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 555
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