Abu al-Khayr Badal al-Tabrizi

أبو الخير بدل التبريزي

c. 1155 CE · c. 550 AH – 1238 CE · Jumada I 636 AH

Aleppo

The Tabrizi hafiz (d. Jumada I 636, Aleppo) — shaykh of Irbil's dar al-hadith until the Tatars took the city in 634, then an Aleppo exile 1.

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Roles
Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Persia & Central Asia · Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ibn al-Kashshab al-Baghdadi · Ibn al-Witar al-Baghdadi · Ibn Shufayn al-Abbasi · Jamal al-Din al-Hasiri · Ibn al-Latti

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Aleppo

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Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Badal al-Tabrizi, the muhaddith, hafiz, trustworthy traveller; he heard from Abu Sa'd Ibn Abi 'Asrun and others, journeyed and transmitted extensively from al-Labban and al-Saydalani, heard at Nishapur, Egypt and Iraq, wrote, toiled and taught, and held the shaykhdom of Irbil's dar al-hadith; when the Tatars took it in 634 he came to Aleppo and there died. 1

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    Aleppo

    People and things also explored

    the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Byzantine capture of Aleppo· Conquest of Aleppo (15 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 188
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    islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Khayr Badal al-Tabrizi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/badal-al-tabrizi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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    Related

    the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt

    Saladin moved his brother al-Adil from Egypt to govern Aleppo, and set his son al-Malik al-Aziz Uthman over Egypt in his place.