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Abu Talib al-Karkhi al-Mu'allim

أبو طالب الكرخي المعلم

c. 1189 CE · 585 AH

Abu Talib al-Karkhi, companion of Ibn al-Khallal, named al-Mubarak b. al-Mubarak; shaykh of the Shafi'is of Baghdad in his time, owner of the hand ascribed to him, tutor of the caliph al-Nasir's children; he taught at the Nizamiyya after Abu al-Khayr al-Qazwini, trained jurists, and transmitted from Ibn al-Husayn — a man of knowledge, works, devotion and scrupulosity. His father had been a singer, and the son mastered the oud till they ranked him with Ma'bad; then scorning that, he perfected calligraphy till some said he wrote better than Ibn al-Bawwab; then he turned to fiqh and reached the summit. He died in 585 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · calligrapher
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi

Overview

Abu Talib al-Karkhi, companion of Ibn al-Khal, named al-Mubarak b. al-Mubarak — shaykh of Baghdad's Shafi'is in his time, master of the attributed hand, and tutor of al-Nasir li-Din Allah's children; he taught at the Nizamiyya after Abu'l-Khayr al-Qazwini, a company read fiqh under him, he transmitted from Ibn al-Husayn — a lord of learning, works, devotion and scruple. 1

His stages

His father was a singer, so the son first busied himself with the lute until they testified he was in Ma'bad's tier; then he scorned that and mastered calligraphy until some said he out-wrote Ibn al-Bawwab; then he took to fiqh and reached the limit of learning. He died in 585. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 764
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