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Syria (al-Sham)

الشام · الشامي

  • Region
  • Syria (al-Shām)
  • Today: Levant
  • 34.000°, 36.800° Region centre

§ 01 — Scholars by ṭabaqa

1,169 scholars had their main centre of learning here

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School of law Shāfiʿī 10 · Ḥanafī 3 · Mālikī 1

Where did those who came here come from?

  1. Fustat (Misr)105
  2. Baghdad22
  3. Alexandria14
  4. Tinnis6
  5. Balkh5
  6. Khurasan5
  7. Nishapur5
  8. Shiraz4
  9. Dinawar3
  10. al-Andalus3
  11. Fars3
  12. Ferghana3

Where did people go from here?

  1. Fustat (Misr)151
  2. Baghdad17
  3. Alexandria9
  4. Nishapur2
  5. Basra1
  6. Bukhara1
  7. al-Andalus1
  8. Hamadan1
  9. Akhmim1
  10. Isfahan1
  11. Cairo (al-Qahira)1
  12. Kairouan1

§ 02 — Scholars connected with this place

Nisba / origin 1,182

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Journey (riḥla, ḥajj…) 291

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Taught at 5

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Burial 69

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Final settlement 27

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§ 03 — Scholars who lived here

Places within

Nisbas