al-Zafar al-Asadi

الظفر الأسدي الواعظ

1098 CE · 491 AH – 1149 CE · 544 AH

al-Zafar al-Asadi of Merv (491–544) — the preacher whom al-Muqtafi favoured in Baghdad, envoy to Sultan Sanjar; died in Khuzistan, buried beside al-Junayd's enclosure in the Shuniziyya 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Al-Asmandi, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid · al-Azdi al-Qurtubi · al-Azjani, Nasih al-Din · al-Baghdadi Malik al-Nuhat al-Hasan ibn Safi

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