Al-Tirmidhi loses his sight in old age, c. 275/888

ذهاب بصر الترمذي في آخر عمره، نحو ٢٧٥هـ

c. 888 CE · c. 275 AH

al-Tirmidh

Al-Tirmidhi lost his sight in the last part of his life 1; in later life he became blind, allegedly from excessive weeping 2.

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Abbasid Fragmentation
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Persia & Central Asia

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880890900 c.
Abbasid Fragmentation

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Al-Tirmidhi lost his sight in the last part of his life 1; in later life he became blind, allegedly from excessive weeping 2.

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Al-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isa
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al-Tirmidh

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Birth of Abu 'Isa al-Tirmidhi at the village of Bugh near Tirmidh, Dhu al-Hijja 209/825· Death of Abu 'Isa al-Tirmidhi at Bugh near Tirmidh, Monday 13 Rajab 279/892· Al-Tirmidhi settles back at his town and devotes himself to composing the Jami', c. 265/879· Al-Tirmidhi, Muhammad ibn Isa· al-Tirmidh· The Killing of Musa ibn Abdallah ibn Khazim· Musa ibn Khazim's Seizure of Tirmidh· Musa's Wars from Tirmidh

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p. 450
  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 10 p. 579
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Birth of Abu 'Isa al-Tirmidhi at the village of Bugh near Tirmidh, Dhu al-Hijja 209/825

Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn Sawra ibn Musa ibn al-Dahhak al-Sulami, Abu 'Isa al-Tirmidhi, was born in Dhu al-Hijja 209/825 at the village of Bugh in the district of Tirmidh on the Jayhun (Oxus) — or at the town of Tirmidh itself on another report — his origin lying with the Banu Sulaym of Ghaylan; his birth is also given as 210/825.