al-Shatibi
الشاطبي
1194 CE · 590 AH
Al-Shatibi (d. 590) — the blind master of the qira'at; author of Hirz al-Amani wa-Wajh al-Tahani ('al-Shatibiyya'), the 1,173-verse poem that became the standard reference for all students of the readings; manuscripts of Bukhari, Muslim and the Muwatta were corrected against his memory; Ibn Khallikan visited his grave repeatedly 1.
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- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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