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Abu al-Rabi' al-Asqalani

أبو الربيع العسقلاني

c. January 1263 CE · Muharram 661 AH

The Shafi'i khatib of the Haram — al-Mayanishi's grandson; d. Muharram 661 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Arabia · Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Afif al-Din ibn Mazru' · Ahmad al-Badawi

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    sunni-shafii (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Abu'l-Rabi' al-Asqalani, the Shafi'i jurist, khatib of the Haram and grandson of 'Umar b. 'Abd al-Majid al-Mayanishi; he transmitted from Zahir b. Rustam and others; he died in Muharram 661 1.

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 529
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