Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843 |
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... Cairo . It is said that on the arrival of as - Shāfi in that city , he gave him one thousand dinars out of his own money , with two thousand more , one half of which he had obtained for him from a merchant named Ibn Osama , and the ...
... Cairo . It is said that on the arrival of as - Shāfi in that city , he gave him one thousand dinars out of his own money , with two thousand more , one half of which he had obtained for him from a merchant named Ibn Osama , and the ...
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... He was born at Old Cairo in the month of Zū ' l - Kaada , A. H. 125 ( September , A. D. 743 ) , but some say 124 ; he died in the same city on Sunday , the 24th of Shaaban , A. H. 197 ( April , A. D. BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY . 15.
... He was born at Old Cairo in the month of Zū ' l - Kaada , A. H. 125 ( September , A. D. 743 ) , but some say 124 ; he died in the same city on Sunday , the 24th of Shaaban , A. H. 197 ( April , A. D. BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY . 15.
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... Cairo , on which he concealed himself ( 6 ) and avoided stirring from home ; but one of his neighbours , Asad ( 7 ) Ibn Saad , happening to look out , and seeing him making his ablutions in the court - yard of his house , called to him ...
... Cairo , on which he concealed himself ( 6 ) and avoided stirring from home ; but one of his neighbours , Asad ( 7 ) Ibn Saad , happening to look out , and seeing him making his ablutions in the court - yard of his house , called to him ...
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... Cairo by Abu Jaafar al- Mansūr , and was the first person raised to the place of kādi in that city by the 551 direct nomination of the khalif . He was removed from office in the month of the first Rabi , A. H. 164. He was also the first ...
... Cairo by Abu Jaafar al- Mansūr , and was the first person raised to the place of kādi in that city by the 551 direct nomination of the khalif . He was removed from office in the month of the first Rabi , A. H. 164. He was also the first ...
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... Cairo on Sunday , the 15th of the first Rabi , A. H. 174 ( August , A. D. 790 ) , - or by another account in 170 , -aged eighty - one years . Abū Mūsa al - Anazi ( 7 ) says in his History , that al- Laith Ibn Saad was one or two years ...
... Cairo on Sunday , the 15th of the first Rabi , A. H. 174 ( August , A. D. 790 ) , - or by another account in 170 , -aged eighty - one years . Abū Mūsa al - Anazi ( 7 ) says in his History , that al- Laith Ibn Saad was one or two years ...
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