Bishr al-Hafi

بشر الحافي

The celebrated barefoot ascetic of Merv — dead at Baghdad in 227 1.

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أبو نصر بشر بن الحارث الحافي، من بلاد مرو، مات ببغداد سنة 227هـ. 2

ويصفه ابن النديم بأنه العابد الزاهد، ويذكر له كتاب «الزهد». 3

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 453
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.453
  3. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.261
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