Ibn al-Qaysarani · Islam Museum

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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 · Abdallah ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni · Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

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The hafiz Abu'l-Fadl Muhammad b. Tahir b. 'Ali al-Maqdisi, known as Ibn al-Qaysarani; one of the travellers in hadith's quest, he heard in the Hijaz, Syria, Egypt, the marches, the Jazira, Iraq, the mountains, Fars, Khuzistan and Khurasan, and settled at Hamadan; among his works the Atraf al-kutub al-sitta and collections showing the abundance of his knowledge. ¹

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

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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Qaysarani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-qaysarani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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