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Ibn Darbas

ابن درباس

1180 CE · 576 AH – c. September 1261 CE · Shawwal 659 AH

The blind Egyptian qadi (b. 576) — ijaza from al-Silafi, hearing from al-Busiri and Ibn Asakir; he taught, gave fatwa and kept kings' company; d. Shawwal 659 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Kamal al-Darir · al-Mursi al-Lawraqi · al-Thaqafi al-Jayyani Muhammad ibn al-Hasan · Ibn Ni'ma, musnid al-Sham

Place in the story

    sunni-shafii (transmitted)

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

    Overview

    Ibn Darbas, the Egyptian qadi Kamal al-Din Abu Hamid the Blind (576–659); al-Silafi gave him ijaza, he heard al-Busiri and Ibn 'Asakir, and he taught, gave fatwa, worked and kept kings' company; he died in Shawwal 1.

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 307
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