At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
In 341/952-3, a few months after the death of Isma'il al-Saffar, al-Hakim journeyed to Iraq; he made the hajj and travelled through Khurasan and Transoxiana 2.
Nearly two thousand shaykhs
His teachers at Nishapur alone numbered about a thousand, and about a thousand more in Iraq and the other lands; Abu Ya'la al-Khalili counted two journeys to Iraq and the Hijaz, the second in 368, on which he debated al-Daraqutni and won his approval 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Hakim al-Nisaburi· Isma'il al-Saffar
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
- During the reign of
- al-Muti li-llah al-Fadl ibn al-Muqtadir
People and things also explored
Sunni-Shi'i Strife at Bab al-Taq in 348· Earthquakes and Locusts in Iraq in 347· The war of Nasir al-Dawla and Mu'izz al-Dawla for Baghdad (334-335 AH / 946)· Mu'izz al-Dawla builds the Dar al-Saltana in Baghdad· The Buyids enter Baghdad and receive their titles, 334 AH· Al-Hakim al-Nisaburi spends four months with al-Daraqutni in Baghdad, 367/977· Al-Daraqutni dictates the 'Ilal to al-Barqani at Ibn Hamdan's gatherings, about 360/971· The Karkh strife between Sunnis and Shi'is, 338
Sources
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , pp. 122-123
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 122
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , pp. 123-125
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Hakim's journey to Iraq and the Hijaz, 341/952”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-hakim-rihla-iraq-341/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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