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أبو الفتح عمر بن حمويه الجويني

أبو الفتح عمر بن حمويه الجويني

c. 1181 CE · 577 AH

Shaykh al-shuyukh Abu al-Fath Umar ibn Ali ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni, the Sufi; he transmitted from his grandfather and al-Farawi, and Nur al-Din gave him the shaykhdom of Syria's shaykhs — a man of great dignity; his notice falls in year 577 at sixty-four 1.

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Roles
sufi
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Summary

Shaykh al-Shuyukh Abu'l-Fath 'Umar ibn 'Ali ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni, the sufi, transmitted from his grandfather and al-Farawi; Nur al-Din invested him with the shaykhate of shaykhs of Syria, and he was full of gravity. His obituary is under 577, at the age of sixty-four. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 739
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islam.museum contributors. “أبو الفتح عمر بن حمويه الجويني”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/umar-ibn-hamuwayh-al-juwayni/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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