Ibn al-Bitr Abu al-Khattab Nasr ibn Ahmad
ابن البطر أبو الخطاب نصر بن أحمد
1007 CE · 398 AH – 1100 CE · 494 AH
Of Baghdad, named after the Gharba quarter and known as al-Bazzaz; died 494 AH (1100 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Khattab Nasr ibn Ahmad ibn Abdallah al-Gharbi al-Baghdadi al-Bazzaz, from Baghdad. He is attributed to the quarter of al-Gharaba and is known as al-Bazzaz (the cloth merchant). He was born in 398 AH (1007 CE) and died in 494 AH (1100 CE). 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Bitr Abu al-Khattab Nasr ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-bitr-abu-al-khattab-nasr-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.