Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Hasan Ala' al-Din Ali ibn Balban al-Farisi, a scholar known as al-Farisi. 1
He was born in 675 AH (1276 CE) and died in 739 AH (1339 CE), according to report. The data hold no other details about him, and it needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Balban Ala al-Din Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-balban-ala-al-din-ali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.