Ibn al-Barizi, qadi of Hama

ابن البارزي قاضي حماة

c. 1184 CE · c. 580 AH – c. April 1271 CE · Sha'ban 669 AH

Hama

Hama's qadi (aged 89) — Ibn Asakir's pupil and mu'id at Damascus, Rawahiyya and Ma'arra teaching posts, then Hama's chair, fatwa and 'a praised conduct' in office 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Qaysi al-Dimashqi · Ibn Ni'ma, musnid al-Sham · al-Thaqafi al-Jayyani Muhammad ibn al-Hasan · al-Kamal al-Darir

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Hama

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    Ibn al-Barizi, qadi of Hama; he studied fiqh at Damascus under al-Fakhr b. 'Asakir and served as his mu'id, taught at the Rawahiyya, held the teaching post of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, then moved to Hama — teaching, giving fatwa, and holding its judgeship with praised conduct, a man of learning and religion; he died in Sha'ban aged eighty-nine 1.

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    al-Kamil takes Hama· Saladin takes Homs and Hama· Frankish siege of Hama· al-Malik al-Mansur, lord of Hama· al-Malik al-Mansur II of Hama· al-Malik al-Muzaffar, last king of Hama· al-Zaki al-Barzali· Ibn Abi al-Dam al-Hamawi

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 572
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