Sadr al-Din ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni
صدر الدين بن حمويه الجويني
1220 CE · 617 AH
Sadr al-Din ibn Hamuwayh — Shaykh al-Shuyukh of Egypt and Syria, 'an excellent faqih and a righteous Sufi of a great Khurasani house'; died at Mosul in 617 having come as a messenger 1.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · sufi
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Sadr al-Din Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Hamuwayh al-Juwayni, Shaykh al-Shuyukh in Egypt and Syria. He was a jurist and Sufi from a great house of Khurasan 2.
His death
He died in Mosul in the year 617 AH (1220 CE), having arrived there as an envoy. Ibn al-Athir says: "He was an excellent man" 2.
Notes for researchers
- The entry rests on al-Kamil alone. It needs an additional source.
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p. 399
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.399
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