Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Abyani

أبو العباس عبد الله الأبياني

966 CE · 355 AH

A scholar of Ifriqiya in the fourth century AH. Al-Asili and Abu al-Hasan al-Qabisi were among those who narrated from him; his lifetime spanned the late Aghlabid and early Fatimid periods.

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Roles
Scholar · Jurist
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Maghreb
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

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People and things also explored

Abdullah ibn AbbasAbu Bakr al-KhallalAl-Abbi, Muhammad ibn KhalfaAl-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd AllahImam al-NawawiIbn al-Ajdabi, Ibrahim ibn Isma'ilIbn Rajab al-HanbaliMalik ibn Anas

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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