At a glance
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Summary
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi died at Baghdad in Rabi' I 450 — on its 30th, 27 May 1058 per the EI2 — aged eighty-six, and was buried at the Bab Harb cemetery 1 2.
His works
He died eleven days after the qadi Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari; none of his works had been brought out in his lifetime — he bequeathed them at his death, and their story came out afterwards 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Mawardi
- Occurred at
- Baghdad
People and things also explored
Al-Mawardi carries the caliph's rescript to Jalal al-Dawla over the Jawali, 434/1042-3· Al-Mawardi awarded the laqab aqda'l-qudat, 429/1038· Al-Mawardi as teacher, then qadi at Ustuwa and at Baghdad· The Shahanshah laqab controversy· al-Mawardi· Baghdad· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom
Sources
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , j.8 p.199-200
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 6 p. 896
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 294
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islam.museum contributors. “Death of al-Mawardi at Baghdad, Rabi' I 450/1058”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-al-mawardi-450/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.