Ibn al-Najjar

ابن النجار صاحب تاريخ بغداد

1182 CE · 578 AH – 1245 CE · 643 AH

Baghdad

The great hafiz (b. 578, d. 643) — author of the Tarikh Baghdad that continues al-Khatib's; al-Mustansir paired him with Abu Mansur al-Harimi as the two hadith shaykhs of his madrasa's dar al-hadith 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · muhaddith · Historian
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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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: Abu al-Abbas al-Qurti · Abu al-Hajjaj al-Biyasi · Abu Ali al-Shalubin · Ajiba bint al-Baqdari · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar

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Baghdad

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Ibn al-Najjar, the great hafiz, author of the Tarikh Baghdad; born 578, vast of memory and perfect in knowledge of the art — al-Mustansir appointed him with Abu Mansur al-Harimi the two shaykhs of the Mustansiriyya's dar al-hadith, busied with the science of hadith. 1

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    Baghdad
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    People and things also explored

    The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida· Dar al-'Ilm of Baghdad (Sabur's library)· The Jami' al-Qati'a of Baghdad· The mosque of Qati'at Umm Ja'far

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 235
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    The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad

    The Nizamiyya of Baghdad, first and most famous of the madrasas founded by the vizier Nizam al-Mulk al-Tusi: building began in 457 and sisters rose at Nishapur, Isfahan, Herat, Basra, Mosul and Amid; the Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni then Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi taught in it, and it mothered the Sunni institutional model that the later madrasas of Baghdad followed — the caliphs prayed there and Nizam al-Mulk himself visited to inspect its library.