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Ibn al-Jawzi begins his career under the caliph al-Muktafi

بداية مسيرة ابن الجوزي في عهد المكتفي لإله الله

c. 1136 CE · c. 530 AH

Baghdad

Ibn al-Jawzi began his scholarly and preaching career in the caliphate of al-Muktafi (530–555/1136–1160), thanks to the patronage of the Hanbali vizier Ibn Hubayra, holding a waʿẓ session every Friday in Ibn Hubayra's own house 1.

Depth

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq

In time

1120113011401150 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

In space

Baghdad

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Overview

Ibn al-Jawzi began his career under al-Muktafi through the patronage of the Hanbali vizier Ibn Hubayra, holding a waʿẓ session every Friday in Ibn Hubayra's house 1.

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Had participant
Ibn al-Jawzi
Occurred at
Baghdad
During the reign of
al-Rashid bi-llah Mansur ibn al-Mustarshid· al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mustazhir

People and things also explored

The deposition of the caliph al-Rashid and the bay'a to al-Muqtafi, 530· Al-Sam'ani's first great hadith journey, 529-538/1135-1143· Siege of Baghdad· al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah Muhammad ibn al-Mustazhir· Baghdad· Al-Jawaliqi's ijaza to al-Zamakhshari at Baghdad, 533/1138· death of Ibn al-Jawzi — Ramadan 597· Ibn 'Asakir returns to Damascus and begins public dictation, 533-535/1139-1141

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 783
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The deposition of the caliph al-Rashid and the bay'a to al-Muqtafi, 530

In 530 conflict broke out between Sultan Mas'ud and caliph al-Rashid bi'llah; armies were mustered, the caliph left for Mosul, and Mas'ud entered Baghdad, seized the palace, and produced al-Mustarshid's letter — whoever leaves Baghdad to fight the Sultan has deposed himself — so the jurists who were asked ruled for deposition, and he was deposed on Monday 16 Dhu al-Qa'da by the hakim's ruling and the fuqaha's fatwa, while his uncle al-Muqtafi was summoned and given the caliphate's bay'a.