Al-Qadi al-Nu'man was an Isma'ili jurist, hadith scholar, and the official historian of the Fatimid Caliphate. His title of Qadi al-Qudat, meaning judge of judges, records his standing as the chief jurist of Isma'ili law under the Fatimids.
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RoleIsma'ili jurist, hadith scholar and the official historian of the Fatimid Caliphate 1 Place of Death Classification
Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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He was also called Qāḍī al-Quḍāt (قَاضِي القضاة) "Jurist of the Jurists" and Dāʻī al-Duʻāt (داعي الدعاة) "Missionary of Missionaries".
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Abū Ḥanīfa Ali ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥayyūn al-Tamīmiyy (Arabic: علي بن النعمان بن محمد بن منصور بن أحمد بن حيون التميمي), generally known as al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān (القاضي النعمان) or as ibn Ḥayyūn (ابن حيون) (died 974 CE/363 AH) was an Isma'ili jurist, hadith scholar and the official historian of the Fatimid Caliphate.
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During al-Nu'man's fifty years of service to the Fatimids, he wrote a vast number of books under the encouragement of the caliphs on history, biography, fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and the esoteric interpretation of the Quran.
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Abū Ḥanīfa Ali ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Manṣūr ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥayyūn al-Tamīmiyy (Arabic: علي بن النعمان بن محمد بن منصور بن أحمد بن حيون التميمي), generally known as al-Qāḍī al-Nu‘mān (القاضي النعمان) or as ibn Ḥayyūn (ابن حيون) (died 974 CE/363 AH) was an Isma'ili jurist, hadith scholar and the official historian of the Fatimid Caliphate.
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Wikidata Q482353, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 974
Wikidata Q482353, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Cairo
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