Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni is born at Bushtanikan, Muharram 419/1028

ولادة إمام الحرمين الجويني ببشتنكان، محرم ٤١٩هـ

c. 17 February 1028 CE · 18 Muharram 419 AH

Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abdallah ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni was born in Muharram at the opening of 419 ¹ ²; the Encyclopaedia of Islam fixes his birth on 18 Muharram 419/17 February 1028 at Bushtanikan, a village on the outskirts of Nishapur in the district of Juwayn to which his nisba refers ³, while the Muntazam, the Kamil and Tarikh al-Khamis give the year 417 ¹.

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Abu al-Ma'ali Abd al-Malik ibn Abdallah ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni was born in Muharram at the opening of 419 — 18 Muharram 419/17 February 1028 by the Encyclopaedia of Islam — at Bushtanikan, a village on the outskirts of Nishapur in the district of Juwayn ³ ¹ ²; the Muntazam, the Kamil and Tarikh al-Khamis put his birth in 417 ¹.

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Had participant: Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni· Abdallah ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni
Occurred at: Nishapur

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Al-Juwayni takes his father's teaching chair before twenty, 438/1047· Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni· Final settlement at Nishapur and the thousand fascicules, c. 457/1065· Imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni dies at Bushtanqan, 25 Rabi' II 478/1085· The pulpit-cursing ordeal opens at Nishapur, 445/1053· The Nizamiyya of Nishapur· Al-Shirazi's journey to Khurasan and his disputations with al-Juwayni, c. 475/1082· The scholars' exodus from Nishapur toward the Hijaz, c. 450/1058

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Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 230
Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Dar al-Risala al-Alamiyya edition) , j.18 p. 2574
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 605

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Al-Juwayni takes his father's teaching chair before twenty, 438/1047

His father the imam Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni died in Dhu al-Qa'da 438/1047; Abu al-Ma'ali had studied fiqh under him until he mastered nine of his works, and was seated in his place to teach before completing twenty years — he taught while going out to al-Bayhaqi's madrasa, perfected the usul under Abu al-Qasim al-Isfara'ini al-Iskaf, and spent on himself from his inheritance and teaching stipend; EI2 likewise has him continuing his father's teaching before the age of twenty.