At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Al-Zaki al-Barzali, the travelling hafiz, muhaddith and benefactor of Syria; he heard in the Hijaz, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Isfahan, Khurasan and the Jazira — much, gathered, and retained. He began his quest in 502; his earliest shaykhs were 'Ayn al-Shams al-Thaqafiyya and Mansur al-Farawi. He dwelt long at Damascus's Fulus Mosque, set out for Aleppo, and death overtook him at Hama; he is the father of Shaykh 'Ilm al-Din al-Barzali. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Hama
People and things also explored
al-Kamil takes Hama· Saladin takes Homs and Hama· Frankish siege of Hama· al-Malik al-Mansur, lord of Hama· al-Malik al-Mansur II of Hama· al-Malik al-Muzaffar, last king of Hama· Ibn Abi al-Dam al-Hamawi· Ibn al-Barizi, qadi of Hama
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 190
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Zaki al-Barzali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-zaki-al-barzali/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.