13 results for “abbasid”

The Prophet uncle and progenitor of the Abbasid dynasty.

Fifth Abbasid caliph who presided over the Islamic Golden Age. A patron o...

Prolific Baghdadi scholar who authored hundreds of works on Islamic ethics, asceticism, and the afterlife.

Major Abbasid poet and compiler of al-Hamasa, an important anthology of c...

The greatest Islamic geographer. His Mu'jam al-Buldan (Dictionary of Countries) is the most comprehensive geographical encyclopedia of the medieval Islamic worl

...lebrated female hadith scholar of Baghdad who taught in the Abbasid capital.

One of the earliest and most important Islamic historians. His Kitab al-Maghazi is the earliest extant comprehensive account of the Prophet's military expeditio

A leading early scholar of Arabic linguistics, hadith, and Quranic studies. His Gharib al-Hadith and Fada'il al-Quran are among the most important early works i

A Mu'tazili scholar and literary giant of the Abbasid period. Author of the famous Sharh Nahj al-Balaghah, a lite...

The foremost Quranic scholar among the Companions. Known as 'the Sea' of knowledge and 'Tarjuman al-Quran' (Interpreter of the Quran). The Prophet ﷺ prayed for

The most famous Abbasid Caliph, during whose reign Baghdad became the most prospero...

Founder of Baghdad and second Abbasid Caliph. He commissioned the first major Islamic translation...

Chief judge under Harun al-Rashid and principal student of Abu Hanifa.