At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Shaykh Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Nasir al-Din ibn Zurayq al-Shafii al-Dimashqi, born in the year 837 1.
He took charge of the building of the Julaq madrasa after it was completed, and he was the first to sit in it as teacher. He held the shaykhdom and supervision of the Sufi lodges and the office of market inspector. In his time he taught and was taught, and he was often quoted 1.
He died in Damascus in the year 917 1.
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Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 468
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Taqi Ibn Zurayq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/taqi-ibn-zurayq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.