Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi was an Arab Sunni scholar from Baghdad, considered a leading Ash'arite theologian and a jurist of the Shafi'i school, and an accomplished legal theoretician. He was also a man of letters, poet, prosodist, grammarian, heresiologist, and mathematician.
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RoleArab Sunni scholar from Baghdad 1 Place of Death Classification
Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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He was considered a leading Ash'arite theologian and Shafi'i jurist.
Introduction
Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir bin Muḥammad bin ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī al-Shāfiʿī al-Baghdādī (Arabic: أبو منصور عبد القاهر ابن طاهر بن محمد بن عبد الله التميمي الشافعي البغدادي), more commonly known as Abd al-Qāhir al-Baghdādī (عبد القاهر البغدادي) or simply Abū Manṣūr al-Baghdādī (أبو منصور البغدادي) was an Arab Sunni scholar from Baghdad.
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Abu Mansur was known as a wealthy man where he donated his whole fortune to the scholars of wisdom until he was qualified to instruct in seventeen various subjects, including fiqh, usul, arithmetic, law of inheritance and theology.
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He was considered a leading Ash'arite theologian and Shafi'i jurist.
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Wikidata Q557366, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 961
Wikidata Q557366, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1037
Wikidata Q557366, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Baghdad
Wikidata Q557366, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Esfarayen
Wikidata Q557366, P1477 birth name claim (ar)
birth name (P1477): أبو منصور عبدالقاهر ابن طاهر بن محمد بن عبدالله التميمي الشافعي البغداديar
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