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Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi
Arab Shafi'i scholar, Heresiologist and mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Baghdadi (disambiguation).
Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Qāhir ibn Ṭāhir bin Muḥammad bin ʿAbd Allāh al-Tamīmī al-Shāfiʿī al-Baghdādī (Arabic: أبو منصور عبدالقاهر ابن طاهر بن محمد بن عبدالله التميمي الشافعي البغدادي), more commonly known as Abd al-Qāhir al-Baghdādī (عبد القاهر البغدادي) or simply Abū Manṣūr al-Baghdādī (أَبُو مَنْصُورالبغدادي) was an Arab[4] Sunni scholar from Baghdad. He was considered a leading Ash'arite theologian and Shafi'i jurist. He was an accomplished legal theoretician, man of letters, poet, prosodist, grammarian, heresiologist and mathematician.[5][6]
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Abū Manṣūr al-Baghdādī (أَبُو مَنْصُورالبغدادي) | |
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Title | Imam |
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Born | c. 980 |
Died | 1037 (429 AH)[1] (aged c. 56–57) |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic golden age |
Region | Khorasan |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[1] |
Creed | Ash'ari[2][3] |
Main interest(s) | Theology (Kalam), Islamic Jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, Mathematic |
Notable work(s) | Al-Farq bayn al-Firaq Kitab Uṣul al-Din |
Occupation | Theologian, Scholar, Jurist, Legal theoretician, Grammarian, Heresiologist, Mathematician |
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