Sadr al-Din ibn al-Wazzan
صدر الدين ابن الوزان
595 AH
Muhammad ibn al-Wazzan, head of the Shafi'is of Rayy and highly placed with the Khwarazmshah Takish — killed by the Ismailis during Takish's operations against their fortresses in 595 1.
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- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
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Overview
Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Wazzan, head of the Shafi'is in Rayy. He rose to great standing with the Khwarazm Shah Ala' al-Din Takish 2.
His death
Ibn al-Athir reports that the "Batiniyya", meaning the Isma'ilis in his wording, killed him during Takish's siege of the fortress of Alamut in the year 595 AH 2.
Notes for researchers
- The term used for the Isma'ilis is Ibn al-Athir's own wording, not the museum's. The report needs an additional source.
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 263
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.263
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islam.museum contributors. “Sadr al-Din ibn al-Wazzan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sadr-al-din-ibn-al-wazzan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.