محيي الدين ابن العربي

Depth

At a glance

Roles: Scholar · mystic
Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: al-Andalus & Europe · Levant & Iraq
Identifiers: Wikidata
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ajiba bint al-Baqdari · Alam al-Din al-Sakhawi · Ibn al-Kashshab al-Baghdadi · Ibn al-Khayr al-Azji · Ibn Khalil al-Dimashqi Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf

Overview

Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi, the Greatest Shaykh, author of al-Futuhat (The Meccan Openings). ²

Al-Maqqari relates that his son Muhammad, called Sa'd al-Din, was born in Malatya in Ramadan 618 AH, and was buried beside his father on the slope of Qasiyun in Damascus. ²

Connections

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Taught: Isma'il b. Sawdakin al-Nuri
Parent of: سعد الدين ابن الشيخ محيي الدين
Authored: Tarjuman al-Ashwaq

People and things also explored

Isma'il b. Sawdakin al-Nuri· سعد الدين ابن الشيخ محيي الدين· Tarjuman al-Ashwaq

Sources

Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 190-202
Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 172-173

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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Isma'il b. Sawdakin al-Nuri

The Hanafi Sufi (d. Safar 646) — companion of Muhyi al-Din Ibn Arabi, with speech and verse of his own.