At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Summary
At Nishapur al-Baghdadi studied under the master Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Isfarayini — the Ash'ari jurist and theologian whose school was famous — reading the principles of religion under him and mastering many fields, above all arithmetic 1; he also heard Abu Amr ibn Nujayd, Abu Amr Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn Matar, Abu Bakr al-Isma'ili and Abu Ahmad ibn Adi 2 3; the date is approximate within his teacher's lifetime (d. 418).
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir· Al-Isfara'ini, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
- Occurred at
- Nishapur
People and things also explored
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini dies and al-Baghdadi takes his dictation seat, 418/1027· The Turkmen troubles drive al-Baghdadi out of Nishapur to Isfarayin, 429/1038· Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi reaches Nishapur with his father Tahir, c. 390/1000· Al-Baghdadi teaches in seventeen fields at Nishapur as Khurasan's imams study under him, c. 425/1033· Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri· al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir· Al-Isfara'ini, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 634
- Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 265
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , p. 238
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Baghdadi reads the principles of religion under Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini, c. 405/1015”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/baghdadi-aq-studies-isfarayini-405/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.