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Damascus

دمشق · الدمشقي

  • City
  • Syria (al-Shām)
  • Today: Damascus (SY)
  • 33.511°, 36.306° Exact

§ 01 — Scholars by ṭabaqa

783 scholars had their main centre of learning here

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School of law Shāfiʿī 6 · Ḥanafī 2 · Mālikī 1

Where did those who came here come from?

  1. Fustat (Misr)82
  2. Baghdad15
  3. Alexandria9
  4. Tinnis6
  5. Balkh5
  6. Khurasan5
  7. Nishapur4
  8. Shiraz4
  9. Dinawar3
  10. Ferghana3
  11. Aleppo3
  12. Rayy3

Where did people go from here?

  1. Fustat (Misr)74
  2. Baghdad3
  3. Acre1
  4. Beirut1
  5. Alexandria1
  6. Cairo (al-Qahira)1
  7. Kairouan1
  8. Nishapur1
  9. Shiraz1

§ 02 — Scholars connected with this place

Nisba / origin 727

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Journey (riḥla, ḥajj…) 259

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Taught at 5

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Burial 45

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Final settlement 16

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§ 03 — Scholars who lived here

Ebü'l-Kasım Ali b. Fadl ed-Dımeşki

علي بن الفضل بن أحمد بن محمد بن الفرات، أبو القاسم الدمشقي المقرئ

d. 446/1054 generation 45
Damascus
Qurʾān reciter (muqriʾ)
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Abu al-Barakat ʿAqil b. al-ʿAbbas b. al-Hasan b. al-ʿAbbas b. al-Hasan b. Abi al-Jinn Husayn b. ʿAli b. Muhammad b. ʿAli b. Ismaʿil b. Jaʿfar al-Sadiq ʿImad al-Dawla al-Husayni al-Naqib al-Dimashqi automatic reading

عقيل بن العباس بن الحسن بن العباس بن الحسن بن أبي الجن حسين بن علي بن محمد بن علي بن إسماعيل بن جعفر الصادق، عماد الدولة أبو البركات الحسيني النقيب الدمشقي

d. 451/1059 generation 46
Damascus
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Places within

Nisbas