Ali ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi (c. 974-1058) was a Muslim jurist of the Shafii school and Ashari theologian of the Islamic Golden Age who served as chief judge, qadi, of the Abbasid Caliphate and as a diplomat for the caliph. He is regarded as the founder of Islamic political science and the first writer devoted to Islamic political theory, chiefly through his treatise al-Ahkam al-Sultaniyyah, The Ordinances of Government, the first Islamic jurisprudential work devoted solely to governance. His work influenced later scholars including Ibn Khaldun.
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RoleJurist and legal scholar 2 Place of Death Classification
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He is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-lettres.
Introduction, field of law
He is considered to be an eminent scholar of his time who wrote on numerous subjects, including Qur'anic interpretations, religion, government, public and constitutional law, language, ethics and belles-lettres.
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Wikidata Q335635, occupation/position claims
occupation/position claim resolves to: Jurist and Legal Scholar
Wikidata Q335635, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 974
Wikidata Q335635, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1058
Wikidata Q335635, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1058-05-27
Wikidata Q335635, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Basra
Wikidata Q335635, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Baghdad
In Legal System: Sharia, Wikipedia lead paragraph
(Arabic: الماوردي, romanized: al-Māwardī), was a Sunni polymath and a Shafi'i jurist, legal theoretician, muhaddith, theologian,
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