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Ibn Quri'a

ابن قريعة القاضي

978 CE · 367 AH

Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn Quri'a of Baghdad (d. 367) — the wit-jurist attached to the vizier al-Muhallabi; famous for instant, elegant answers to trick questions, collected in a celebrated book of comic responsa; admired by al-Sahib Ibn Abbad 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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900925950975100010251050 c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abd Allah ibn Zaydun · Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad · Abu Ali al-Muhassin al-Tanukhi

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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