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- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
In time
Overview
Abu al-Qasim al-Zamakhshari died at Jurjaniyya in Khwarazm on the night of Arafa in 538, after returning from Mecca, aged seventy-one 1. The Encyclopaedia of Islam gives 9 Dhu al-Hijja 538, corresponding to 14 June 1144; he was buried near the town. By his own testimony he had lived at Mecca five years and made the pilgrimage seven times, earning the laqab 'Jar Allah', while at home he was known as the Glory of Khwarazm 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- الزمخشري
- Occurred at
- Jurjaniyya (Gurgandj)
People and things also explored
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· Birth of al-Zamakhshari at Zamakhshar, 467/1075· Al-Tha'alibi at the Khwarazmshah's court, Jurjaniyya, c. 403/1012· Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad, Khwarazmshah
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 599-601
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 12 p. 918
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islam.museum contributors. “Death of al-Zamakhshari at Jurjaniyya, 538/1144”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/death-al-zamakhshari-538/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.
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