Isfarayin

إسفرايين

A town of Khurasan between Nishapur and Gurgan; the home of Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini, and the refuge of his pupil Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi, who died there in 429/1038 and was buried beside his teacher 1 2.

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Persia & Central Asia · Levant & Iraq
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Home of
Abu Awana, Ya'qub ibn Ishaq
Place of death of
al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir
Birthplace of
Sadr al-Din al-Shu'aybi
Site of
Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi dies at Isfarayin and is buried beside his teacher, 429/1038

People and things also explored

Baghdad· Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi dies at Isfarayin and is buried beside his teacher, 429/1038· al-Baghdadi Abu Mansur Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir· The Turkmen troubles drive al-Baghdadi out of Nishapur to Isfarayin, 429/1038· Abd al-Qahir al-Baghdadi reaches Nishapur with his father Tahir, c. 390/1000· Al-Baghdadi reads the principles of religion under Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini, c. 405/1015· Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini dies and al-Baghdadi takes his dictation seat, 418/1027· Al-Baghdadi teaches in seventeen fields at Nishapur as Khurasan's imams study under him, c. 425/1033

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 210
  2. Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , pp. 238-239
  • Wikidata
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