al-Barqi Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Abd Allah

البرقي أبو بكر أحمد بن عبد الله

883 CE · 270 AH

Egyptian hadith scholar, historian and jurist known as al-Hafiz al-Barqi; died 270 AH (883 CE).

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · Historian
Counted among
Sunni
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Life in time

775800825850875900925950975 c. c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq · أبو بكر النيسابوري عبد الله بن محمد بن زياد · Abu Dawud al-Sijistani · أبو جعفر الترمذي

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Place in the story

  • ScholarTradition

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

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موجز

الحافظ أبو بكر أحمد بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحيم بن سعيد الزهري البرقي المصري. محدّث حافظ ومؤرخ وفقيه، توفي سنة 270هـ (883م). 1

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People and things also explored

al-Abri, Abu al-Hasan· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

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

al-Abri, Abu al-Hasan

Hadith scholar, memoriser and historian from Sijistan who travelled to Syria, Khurasan and al-Jazira to hear traditions.