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ابن الحاج التجيبي

ابن الحاج التجيبي

c. 1135 CE · 529 AH

Cordoba

Qadi al-jama'a Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Khalaf al-Tujibi of Cordoba, Maliki; transmitted from Abu Ali al-Ghassani and others — one of the great elders of learning, deep in sciences and letters, none of his age more devoted to seeking knowledge, with piety and humility; killed unjustly in Cordoba's mosque during the Friday prayer in 529 at seventy-one 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghafir al-Farisi · Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

In space

Cordoba

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Summary

Qadi al-jama'a Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Khalaf al-Tujibi al-Qurtubi al-Maliki; he transmitted from Abu 'Ali al-Ghassani and others, among the great and senior scholars, deep in sciences and letters — none in his time sought knowledge more, with piety and humility. He was killed unjustly in Cordoba's mosque at the Friday prayer in 529, aged seventy-one. 1

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Died in
Cordoba

People and things also explored

Great Mosque of Córdoba· Library of the Córdoba Palace· The battle of al-Arak (Alarcos)· Conquest of Cordoba· Alfonso's Siege of Cordoba and Its Submission to the Almohads· The enemy's capture of Cordoba· The battle of al-Rabad· The Rabad fitna in Cordoba

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 573-574
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Great Mosque of Córdoba

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