At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Summary
Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi, Abu Mansur, was born and raised in Baghdad, then travelled with his father Abu Abdallah Tahir to Khurasan and settled at Nishapur; the father was a man of wealth and honour, and the son spent it on the people of learning and hadith without earning money by his own scholarship 1 2; the date is approximate, before his studies under Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini who died in 418 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir· Tahir ibn Muhammad al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdallah
- Occurred at
- Nishapur
People and things also explored
The Turkmen troubles drive al-Baghdadi out of Nishapur to Isfarayin, 429/1038· Al-Baghdadi reads the principles of religion under Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini, c. 405/1015· Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini dies and al-Baghdadi takes his dictation seat, 418/1027· Al-Baghdadi teaches in seventeen fields at Nishapur as Khurasan's imams study under him, c. 425/1033· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur· The Sa'diyya Madrasa of Nishapur· Qasr al-Shadiyakh· Abu Dawud in Khurasan: Qutayba and Ibn Rahwayh, before 240/854
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 634
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , p. 238
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , pp. 634-635
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi reaches Nishapur with his father Tahir, c. 390/1000”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/baghdadi-aq-nishapur-arrival-390/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.