Al-Shirazi's arrival in Baghdad, 415/1024

قدوم الشيرازي بغداد، ٤١٥هـ

c. 1024 CE · 415 AH

Baghdad

In 415/1024 Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi was in Baghdad, attending the classes of the jurist al-Qazwini (d. 440/1048), a proponent of the legal thinking developed by al-Baqillani, and — more significantly — becoming the leading disciple and accredited assistant (mu'id) of the qadi Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari (d. 450/1058) 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Levant & Iraq
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1010102010301040 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Baghdad

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In 415/1024 Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi was in Baghdad, attending the classes of the jurist al-Qazwini (d. 440/1048), a proponent of the legal thinking developed by al-Baqillani, and — more significantly — becoming the leading disciple and accredited assistant (mu'id) of the qadi Abu al-Tayyib al-Tabari (d. 450/1058) 1.

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Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· Abu'l Tayyeb Tabari· al-Qazwini the Jurist
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Baghdad

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Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi· The start of al-Shirazi's teaching in the mosques of Baghdad, 428/1036· Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi dies and is buried beside Bishr al-Hafi, 7 Dhu al-Hijja 463/1071· The Strife over Declaring the Hanbalis Unbelievers and the Looting of the Nizamiyya Market· The death of al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah and the accession of al-Muqtadi· Al-Shirazi composes al-Luma', al-Tanbih and Tabaqat al-fuqaha, c. 450-453/1058-1061· Al-Shirazi writes al-Muhadhdhab, 455-469/1063-1077· Abu'l Tayyeb Tabari

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 9 p. 494
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Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi

A Shafi'i jurist and usulist, author of Tabaqat al-fuqaha and al-Muhadhdhab; born at Firuzabad in 393 AH, studied in Fars, Basra and Baghdad, and became one of the leading Shafi'i jurists of his time; he declined the chief qadiship when the caliph offered it.