Al-Barqani, Ahmad ibn Muhammad

البرقاني أحمد بن محمد

948 CE · 336 AH – 1034 CE · 425 AH

A Shafi'i jurist from Khwarazm, known as al-Barqani after the village of Barqan near Kath.

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Roles
Jurist · muhaddith
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abu Nu'aym al-Asbahani, Ahmad ibn Abd Allah · Al-Isfara'ini, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad · Al-Ifliili, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad · Al-Bayakandi, Ahmad ibn Ali · Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad

Development of law, theology and institutionsScripture and its sciences

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  • JuristTradition

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Sources

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