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Overview
Abu Abd Allah Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Qaymaz, al-Dhahabi, of Turkmen origin, al-Fariqi, of Damascus, a Shafi'i, was born on 3 Rabi' II 673 at Damascus 1; the Encyclopaedia of Islam gives his birth at Damascus or Mayyafariqin on 1 or 3 Rabi' II, corresponding to 5 or 7 October 1274, and records that his milk-brother al-Ala ibn al-Munajja Ahmad ibn Abi al-Khayr issued him an ijaza in his birth year 2 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Dhahabi
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
Al-Dhahabi begins the study of hadith at Damascus, 690/1291· Al-Dhahabi gradually loses his sight, 743/1342· Al-Dhahabi heads a reading session at the Umayyad Mosque, Muharram 700/1300· Al-Dhahabi composes Tarikh al-Islam and his great compilations, c. 730/1330· Al-Dhahabi, professor of hadith at Umm al-Salih and al-Nafisiyya, c. 710/1310· Death of Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi at Damascus, 748/1348· Ghazan's devastation of Syria, 699· Ghazan's Campaign against Syria, 700 AH
Sources
- Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , 3/336
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 214
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Dhahabi is born at Damascus, 673/1274”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/birth-al-dhahabi-673/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.