Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi dies at Isfarayin and is buried beside his teacher, 429/1038

وفاة أبي منصور البغدادي بإسفرايين ودفنه إلى جانب شيخه، ٤٢٩هـ

c. 1038 CE · 429 AH

Isfarayin

When Abu Mansur reached Isfarayin its people rejoiced at his coming beyond description, but he stayed only a little while before dying in 429; the people of learning agreed to bury him beside the master Abu Ishaq, and their two graves stand side by side 1 2; Ibn al-Najjar's history gives 427, which al-Subki calls a scribal error 3, and Ibn Shakir transmits 420 4.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia

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103010401050 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Isfarayin

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Summary

When Abu Mansur reached Isfarayin its people rejoiced at his coming beyond description, but he stayed only a little while before dying in 429; the people of learning agreed to bury him beside the master Abu Ishaq, and their two graves stand side by side 1 2; Ibn al-Najjar's history gives 427, which al-Subki calls a scribal error 3, and Ibn Shakir transmits 420 4.

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Had participant
al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir
Occurred at
Isfarayin
During the reign of
al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah Abd Allah ibn al-Qadir

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Baghdad· al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir· Isfarayin· Abu Kalijar Enters Baghdad and the Kettledrums Are Beaten for Him· The death of al-Qadir and the accession of al-Qa'im bi-amr Allah, 422· The diwan manifesto impugning the Ubaydid genealogy· The Baghdad attestations impugning the lineage of the Ubaydids· The earthquake of Antioch and Latakia

Sources

  1. Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , pp. 238-239
  2. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 265
  3. Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , p. 239
  4. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 635
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