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Al-Khatib journeys to Basra at twenty, 412/1021

رحلة الخطيب إلى البصرة وهو ابن عشرين، ٤١٢هـ

c. 1021 CE · c. 412 AH

Basra

Al-Khatib travelled to Basra at twenty years old and heard there Abu 'Umar al-Qasimi ibn Ja'far al-Hashimi, the transmitter of the Sunan, 'Ali ibn al-Qasim al-Shahid, al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Saburi and a circle of others 1.

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Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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101010201030 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Basra

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Summary

At twenty, about 412, he travelled to Basra and heard Abu 'Umar al-Qasimi ibn Ja'far al-Hashimi, 'Ali ibn al-Qasim al-Shahid, al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Saburi and a circle of others 1.

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Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
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Basra

People and things also explored

Great Mosque of Basra· Qasr Qubadh / the Hajjaj palace at Basra· Abu Dawud's first journey: Baghdad, Basra and Mecca, 220/835· Al-Muwaffaq's three wishes: Abu Dawud settles at Basra, c. 272/885· Al-Ash'ari composes Maqalat al-Islamiyyin and his refutations of the Mu'tazila· Al-Ash'ari publicly renounces Mu'tazilism in the Great Mosque of Basra, 300/912-13· Al-Ash'ari, al-Jubba'i's pupil at Basra, and the three brothers debate· The Asawira's Settlement at Basra

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Islam wa-Wafayat al-Mashahir wa-l-A'lam — al-Dhahabi , p. 87
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Great Mosque of Basra

Basra's congregational mosque; Utba ibn Ghazwan built it of reeds in 14 AH — its layout claimed for himself, Nafi' ibn al-Adhra' al-Bahzi, Nafi' ibn al-Harith, and al-Aswad ibn Sari' who first judged in it — Abu Musa rebuilt it in mud-brick with mushab roofing, then Ziyad enlarged and rebuilt it in fired brick and gypsum with teak roofing, a stone minaret, the first maqsura, and columns hauled from Ahwaz's mountain by al-Hajjaj ibn Utayk and his son; he had pebbles strewn lest hand-dusting pass for sunnah, and the enforcers' harshness bred the saying 'lovely the governorship, even over stones'. Al-Mahdi bought the houses of Nafi' ibn al-Harith, Ubaydallah ibn Abi Bakra and Rabi'a ibn Kallada into it, and the governor's palace was taken in under al-Rashid.