Al-Zarkashi was a fourteenth century Islamic scholar who resided mainly in Mamluk era Cairo. He specialized in law, hadith, history, and Shafi'i legal jurisprudence, and left behind some thirty compendia, most now lost apart from their titles. His best known surviving work is al-Burhan fi Ulum al-Qur'an, a manual of Quranic sciences.
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RoleFourteenth-century Islamic scholar 1 Place of Death Classification
Field of LawIslamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) 1 Role
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1. Al-Zarkashi (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIntroduction, gender
He primarily resided in Mamluk-era Cairo.
Introduction, role
Abū Abdullāh Badr ad-Dīn Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Bahādir az-Zarkashī, better known as Az-Zarkashī, was a fourteenth-century Islamic scholar.
Introduction, field of law
He specialized in the fields of law, hadith, history, and Shafi'i legal jurisprudence (fiqh).
In Legal System: Sharia, Introduction
Abū Abdullāh Badr ad-Dīn Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Bahādir az-Zarkashī (1344-1392/ 745-794 AH), better known as Az-Zarkashī, was a fourteenth-century Islamic scholar.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Al-Zarkashi
Wikidata Q4322459, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1344
Wikidata Q4322459, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1392
Wikidata Q4322459, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Cairo
Wikidata Q4322459, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Egypt
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