At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
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Summary
Al-Safadi came to Damascus as a young man of twenty and had his first meeting with Ibn Taymiyya in 717/1317 or 718/1318, displaying a store of knowledge he proudly and repeatedly recalls in his own works; he read with al-Shihab Mahmud, Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, Ibn Nubata and Abu Hayyan, and heard hadith at Damascus from al-Mizzi and Ibn Jama'a 1 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi· Ibn Taymiyya
- Occurred at
- Damascus
- During the reign of
- al-Mustakfi I
People and things also explored
Ibn Kathir attaches himself to Ibn Taymiyya and is tried on his account, about 726-728/1326-1328· Ibn Qayyim attaches himself to Ibn Taymiyya on the latter's return to Damascus, 712/1312-13· The last imprisonment in the Damascus citadel until death, 726-728/1326-1328· Ibn Taymiyya's return to Damascus under Tankiz, 712/1313· Ibn Taymiyya at the victory of Shaqhab, 702/1303· The divorce fatwas and the Damascus citadel imprisonment, 718-721/1318-1321· The Wasitiyya councils and the Cairo citadel imprisonment, 705-707/1306-1307· Al-Mizzi takes the shaykhhood of Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya, Damascus, 718/1318
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 8 p. 759
- Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , vol. 2 p. 88
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Safadi at Damascus meets Ibn Taymiyya, 717/1317”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/safadi-meets-ibn-taymiyya-717/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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