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Shaqiq al-Balkhi

شقيق البلخي

c. 810 CE · c. 194 AH

Shaqiq b. Ibrahim al-Balkhi — the Khurasanian shaykh of tawakkul and teacher of Ibrahim b. Adham; a merchant's journey among the Turks turned him to asceticism and learning 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Ala al-Sadafi · Abu al-Ayna · Abu Al Hudhayl Al Allaf · أبو عبيد القاسم بن سلام · الحكم الأول بن هشام

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