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Ibn Abi Asrun

ابن أبي عصرون

1099 CE · 492 AH – 1189 CE · 585 AH

Sharaf al-Din Ibn Abi Asrun (492–585) — leading Shafi'i jurist of Mosul, Aleppo and Damascus under Nur al-Din; qadi of several cities and finally of Damascus; author of Safwat al-Madhhab in seven volumes and other works 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ibn al-Kashshab al-Baghdadi · Ibn al-Manda'i al-Wasiti · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abd Allah al-Tusi, khatib of Mosul · ابن كليب

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Abu Sa'd 'Abdallah b. Abi'l-Sari Muhammad b. Hibat Allah b. Muthir b. 'Ali b. Abi 'Asrun al-Tamimi, Hadathi then of Mosul — Sharaf al-Din Ibn Abi 'Asrun; the Shafi'i jurist among the notables of jurists and the virtuous of his age, he studied under Qadi al-Murtada al-Shahrazuri, As'ad al-Mayhani and Abu'l-Fath Ibn Burhan, and taught at Mosul, Aleppo and the western zawiya of Damascus's Umayyad Mosque. 1

Offices

He held the judgeship at Sinjar, Nisibis and Harran, then Damascus in 573; appointed over Syria he rose in Nur al-Din's esteem and built him madrasas at Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Baalbek; he authored Safwat al-madhhab from Nihayat al-matlab. 1

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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