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Zaynab bint Makki of Harran

زينب بنت مكي الحرانية

c. 1197 CE · c. 594 AH – c. October 1289 CE · Shawwal 688 AH

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Roles
Scholar · teacher
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: al-Fakhr ibn al-Bukhari, musnid of the age · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · Ibn Bulayman, the adib · al-Kamal al-Fuwayra, musnid of Iraq · Baha' al-Din al-Qifti, qadi of Isna

Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Zaynab bint Makki, the aged devout shaykha Umm Ahmad; she heard from Hanbal, Ibn Tabarzad, Sitt al-Kutaba and a company — and the students crowded to her; she lived ninety-four years 1.

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 707
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