Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid · Islam Museum

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Roles: Jurist
Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Ibn Abi Dawud al-Sijistani · Abd Allah ibn Muhammad (Umayyad amir of Cordova) · Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Abu al-Ayna · Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq

Summary

Abu 'Abd Allah Ja'far ibn 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn 'Ali, the qadi. When al-Ma'mun set out for Egypt in 217 he appointed him qadi of Egypt — he judged there three days, then left with him — and Ibn Zulaq counted him among Egypt's qadis for that. He died in 258, also said 268, also said 269. ¹

Sources

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

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islam.museum contributors. “Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jaafar-ibn-abd-al-wahid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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