Birth of al-Zamakhshari at Zamakhshar, 467/1075

ولادة الزمخشري بزمخشر، ٤٦٧هـ/١٠٧٥م

c. March 1075 CE · 17 Rajab 467 AH

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Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar ibn Muhammad al-Zamakhshari al-Khwarazmi was born on Wednesday 17 Rajab 467 at Zamakhshar in Khwarazm 1; others give 27 Rajab 467, corresponding to 18 March 1075 2. His father, imam of the local mosque, taught him the Qur'an 3.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar ibn Muhammad al-Zamakhshari al-Khwarazmi was born on Wednesday 17 Rajab 467 at Zamakhshar in Khwarazm 1; others give 27 Rajab 467, corresponding to 18 March 1075 2. His father, imam of the local mosque, taught him the Qur'an 3.

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Al-Jawaliqi's ijaza to al-Zamakhshari at Baghdad, 533/1138· Completion of al-Kashshaf at Mecca, 528/1133· Al-Zamakhshari's first pilgrimage and the hospitality of Ibn Wahhas, c. 513/1119· Al-Zamakhshari's second journey to Mecca via Damascus, 526/1132· Al-Zamakhshari's illness and vow of renunciation, 512/1118· Death of al-Zamakhshari at Jurjaniyya, 538/1144· Ibn al-Munayyir· Ibn al-Shajari

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 601
  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 11 p. 449-450
  3. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 12 p. 917
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Al-Jawaliqi's ijaza to al-Zamakhshari at Baghdad, 533/1138

In 533/1138 al-Zamakhshari made a further trip to Mecca, passing through Baghdad where he visited the celebrated man of letters Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn al-Jawaliqi and received his ijaza. He had heard hadith in Baghdad on his journeys and debated with its scholars.