Death of al-Ghazali at Tus

وفاة الغزالي بطوس

18 December 1111 CE · 14 Jumada II 505 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Tus

al-Ghazali died at Tus, where he was born, on 18 December 1111 (Britannica).

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Tus

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Tus
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Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

People and things also explored

al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ghazali leaves Baghdad· al-Ghazali becomes chief professor at the Nizamiyya in Baghdad· Death of Harun al-Rashid at Tus· Muhyi al-Din Abu Sa'd al-Nisaburi· Abu al-Hasan al-Balansi· جمال الإسلام السلمي· أبو منصور بن الرزاز

Sources

  • Al-Ghazali — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488

In 488 Imam al-Ghazali came to Damascus in zuhd, composed the Ihya' and had it read back to him there, stayed two years, then made hajj and returned home.