al-Shahrastani

الشهرستاني

1074 CE · 467 AH – 1153 CE · 548 AH

al-Shahrastani (467–548) — the Ash'ari theologian of Nihayat al-Iqdam and al-Milal wa-l-Nihal, the landmark heresiography; preached at Baghdad 510–513 1.

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Roles
theologian · Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Life in time

97510001025105010751100112511501175120012251250 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ibn al-Manda'i al-Wasiti · Ibn Khumays, al-Husayn ibn Nasr · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · al-Azjani, Nasih al-Din · al-Ma'afiri

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Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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