Muhammad ibn Dawud al-Saydalani

محمد بن داود الصيدلاني

c. 1035 CE · 427 AH

A Shafii jurist and traditionist of Marw, called al-Saydalani after the perfume trade and also al-Dawudi after his father; he left writings 1.

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Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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975100010251050107511001125 c. c. c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Baqi al-Haddad al-Hanbali al-Faradi · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

Overview

A Shafii jurist and traditionist of Marw, called al-Saydalani after the perfume trade and also al-Dawudi after his father; he left writings. 1

The entry in the Mawsu'a

The appendix gives his death as 427 AH, about 1035 CE. The source gives no birth date and no titles of his works. 1

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.5153
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