Al-Tha'alibi studies adab under Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi, c. 375/985

الثعالبي يقرأ الأدب على أبي بكر الخوارزمي، نحو ٣٧٥هـ

c. 985 CE · c. 375 AH

Nishapur

In his youth at Nishapur al-Tha'alibi studied adab under the celebrated stylist Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi — al-Tabari's nephew and author of a famous diwan of rasa'il — before the master's death in 383 AH 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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9709809901000 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Nishapur

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In his youth at Nishapur al-Tha'alibi studied adab under the celebrated stylist Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi — al-Tabari's nephew and author of a famous diwan of rasa'il — before the master's death in 383 AH 1.

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al-Tha'alibi· Al-Tha'alibi is born at Nishapur, 350/961· Al-Tha'alibi dies at Nishapur, 429/1038· Al-Tha'alibi the schoolmaster and his Mikali patrons, c. 380/990· Al-Tha'alibi returns to Nishapur, probably by way of Herat, c. 412/1022· Al-Tha'alibi composes the Tatimmat al-Yatima late in life, c. 420/1029· Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi· Nishapur

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  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 10 p. 450
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al-Tha'alibi of Nishapur (350–429) — the great anthologist, author of Yatimat al-Dahr, Lata'if al-Ma'arif and Fiqh al-Lugha; Ibn Bassam called him head of authors of his age. He studied adab under Abu Bakr al-Khwarazmi, tied himself to the Mikali family, travelled to Bukhara in the Samanids' last days, sojourned twice at Jurjan dedicating works to Qabus ibn Wushmgir, then joined the Khwarazmshah Ma'mun II's court at Jurjaniyya alongside Ibn Sina and al-Biruni, resided at Ghazna, and returned to spend his last years at Nishapur.