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Taj al-Din Ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni

تاج الدين بن همويه الجويني

1170 CE · 566 AH – c. July 1244 CE · Safar 642 AH

Damascus

Shaykh al-shuyukh of the Sumaysatiyya (b. Damascus 566, d. Safar 642) — heard Shuhdah and Ibn Asakir, spent six years in the Maghrib before 600, wrote a Tarikh; uncle in the Juwayni house of shaykh al-shuyukh Sadr al-Din 1.

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At a glance

Roles
mystic · Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq · Maghreb
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abu Ali al-Shalubin · Ajiba bint al-Baqdari · al-Sadid b. Makki al-Dimashqi · Alam al-Din al-Sakhawi · Fakhr al-Din ibn al-Shaykh

In space

Damascus

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Taj al-Din Ibn Hamuwayh, sufi shaykh of shaykhs, shaykh of the Sumaysatiyya. Born at Damascus in 566, he heard from Shahda and the hafiz Abu'l-Qasim ibn 'Asakir; he entered the Maghreb before 600 and stayed six years. He has collected dictations and useful notes, and he composed history. He was clean-living, chaste, little-greedy, turning to none of God's creatures for the sake of the world; he was uncle of the sons of Shaykh al-Shuyukh Sadr al-Din al-Juwayni. 1

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    Damascus
    Died in
    Damascus
    Buried in
    Damascus

    People and things also explored

    the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 222
    Cite this page

    islam.museum contributors. “Taj al-Din Ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/taj-al-din-ibn-hamuwayh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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