Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba

الأدفوي جعفر بن ثعلبة

1286 CE · 685 AH – 1347 CE · 748 AH

Combined jurisprudence with literature. From Adfu in Upper Egypt; died in 748 AH.

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ibn Bakr, Muhammad ibn Yahya · Ibn Ruzgan, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Ibn Battuta, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Al-Isnawi, Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Hasan · Faraj ibn Qasim ibn Lubb

Development of law, theology and institutionsLiterature

Place in the story

  • JuristTradition

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People and things also explored

Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi· Al-Akhdari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad· Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanukhi· The phrase "la yanbaghi" in Imam Ahmad's words· The reports from Imam Ahmad· Obedience to those in authority and not rebelling (in the Tahawi creed)· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Adfawi, Ja'far ibn Tha'laba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-adfawi-jafar-ibn-thaalaba/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

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Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

A judge and man of letters from the Tanukh tribe, who compiled reports on judges and on those who did good.