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تاج الدين السمعي

تاج الدين السمعي

c. June 1200 CE · 19 Sha'ban 596 AH

Taj al-Din Abu Mansur Abd al-Aziz b. Thabit al-Baghdadi al-Sam'i — of al-Sam' b. Malik's clan of the Ansar — the tailor, muqri', Hanbali jurist and ascetic; Abu al-Faraj Ibn al-Hanbali, his companion in Ibn al-Mani's lessons, said his zuhd and worship reached the height at which it is said 'by him Baghdad holds fast', and he was gentle in company; he died Wednesday 19 Sha'ban 596 and was buried at Bab Harb 1.

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Roles
Scholar · sufi
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abdallah al-Yunini

Summary

Taj al-Din Abu Mansur 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Thabit al-Baghdadi al-Ma'muni al-Sam'i — named for al-Sam' ibn Malik, a clan of the Ansar — tailor, Qur'an reciter, Hanbali jurist and ascetic. Abu'l-Faraj ibn al-Hanbali said: he was our companion hearing Ibn al-Muni's lessons, and he reached a level of renunciation and worship of which it was said: it keeps Baghdad held fast; and he was gracious in company. He died Wednesday, 29 Sha'ban 596, and was buried at Bab Harb. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 807
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islam.museum contributors. “تاج الدين السمعي”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/taj-al-din-al-sami/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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