Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar

البيضاوي عبد الله بن عمر

1172 CE · 568 AH – 1286 CE · 685 AH

A jurist, Qur'an commentator, theologian and legal theorist, author of Anwar al-Tanzil.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · Jurist
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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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: Ibn Abi al-Ahwas, al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Aziz · Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi · Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq · Ibn al-Athir Diya' al-Din · Ibn al-Abbar, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah

Scripture and its sciencesDevelopment of law, theology and institutions

Place in the story

  • ScholarTradition

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi· Abdullah ibn Abbas· Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq· Abu Bakr al-Khallal· Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Abyani· Al-Abbi, Muhammad ibn Khalfa· Al-Abhari, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah· Al-A'mash, Sulayman ibn Mihran

Sources

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