Burhan al-Din ibn Zuhayra, 'alim of the Hijaz

برهان الدين ابن ظهيرة «عالم الحجاز»

c. 5 November 1486 CE · 6 Dhu al-Qa'da 891 AH

Ibn Zuhayra — 'the scholar of the Hijaz', of the Meccan Zuhayra ulama house; died Friday night 6 Dhu'l-Qa'da 891 near sixty-five 1.

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Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Arabia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Baqi Yazdi · 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sunbati · Taj al-Din 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Arabshah · Abu 'Ali Husayn, the shape-shifter Sufi of Bulaq · Shihab al-Din Ibn 'Ubba al-Maqdisi

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Burhan al-Din Ibn Zuhayra al-Makki al-Qurashi al-Shafi'i — "the scholar of the Hijaz," imam and polymath of Mecca's Zuhayra learned house; he died Friday night 6 Dhu'l-Qa'da 891, near sixty-five 1.

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al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Experience versus service, and self-development· Scientific matn (condensed school text)· Reading and culture (al-qira'a wa-l-thaqafa)· Motivation· The youth cultural crisis· Life management and choosing one's field· Madrasa

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 350
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