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Najm al-Din al-Rab'i

نجم الدين الربعي

c. April 1270 CE · Ramadan 668 AH

Egypt's katib-'adl — brilliant in fiqh, Arabic, arithmetic and geometry, teaching and giving fatwa while 'no letter missed him unless he was wounded'; d. Ramadan 668 1.

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At a glance

Roles
Jurist · Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Afif al-Din ibn Mazru' · Ahmad al-Badawi · Ahmad al-Suhrawardi

Place in the story

    sunni-shafii (transmitted)

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    Overview

    Najm al-Din al-Raba'i, Egypt's katib-'adl; brilliant in fiqh, Arabic, arithmetic and geometry — he taught and gave fatwa, and "no letter passed him by unless it wounded him"; he died in Ramadan 668 1.

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 569
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