At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Summary
Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi taught in seventeen fields, a man of dignity and means; Abu Uthman al-Sabuni said of him: he was among the imams of the principles and the leading men of Islam by the consensus of the people of merit 1 2; Abu Bakr al-Bayhaqi, Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Shiruya and Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri transmitted from him 1, al-Bayhaqi read jurisprudence under him and Nasir al-Marwazi read to him 3; the date is approximate within his mastership after 418 and before his departure in 429.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir· al-Bayhaqi· Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri· Nasir al-Marwazi
- Occurred at
- Nishapur
People and things also explored
The pulpit-cursing ordeal opens at Nishapur, 445/1053· The scholars' exodus from Nishapur toward the Hijaz, c. 450/1058· Nishapur· 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 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· Final settlement at Nishapur and the thousand fascicules, c. 457/1065
Sources
- 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
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , pp. 634-635
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Baghdadi teaches in seventeen fields at Nishapur as Khurasan's imams study under him, c. 425/1033”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/baghdadi-aq-teaches-seventeen-425/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.