Al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad

الضحاك بن مخلد النيسابوري

740 CE · 122 AH† – 828 CE · 213 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for al-Dahhak ibn Makhlad of Nishapur, shaykh of al-Bukhari and the memorizer; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

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At a glance

Roles
muhaddith
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers
Wikidata
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Life in time

700725750775800825850875 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Said ibn Aws Abu Zayd al-Ansari · Abd al-Ala al-Sadafi · Abu Al Hudhayl Al Allaf · Abu Nasr al-Tamar · Sulayman I of Tlemcen

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Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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