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Overview
Al-Dhahabi died at Damascus on the night of 3 Dhu al-Qa'da 748 1 — the Sunday-Monday night corresponding to 4 February 1348 as al-Subki and al-Suyuti report — and was buried at the Bab al-Saghir; he had been blinded some years before. Among his most famous pupils was Abd al-Wahhab al-Subki, author of the Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra, whose father Taqi al-Din al-Subki was his most intimate friend 2.
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· Al-Dhahabi is born at Damascus, 673/1274· 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) , 3/338
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 214-215
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islam.museum contributors. “Death of Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi at Damascus, 748/1348”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-al-dhahabi-748/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.