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Identification
Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. Masdī al-Muhallabī
محمد بن يوسف بن مسدي المهلبي
Titles: Imām
Dates
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Birth
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Death
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Biographic comments
Born in an important Andalusi center of knowledge (Wādī Aš/ Currently Guadix, in Granada, Spain). Formed with Sufi masters, he entered the Zaydi sect (ši'í) and they named him Imām and ḫaṭīb. He was the author of a biographical dictionary of his masters that has not beeen preserved. He was killed at his home in Mecca.
Additional information
References
- Place Place of birth al-Andalus, ES/PT
- Place Damascus / Dimašq, Damascus Governatorate, SY
- Place Alexandria / al-Iskandariyya, Alexandria Governatorate, EG
- Place Medina / al-Madīna al-Munawwara, Hijaz, Medina, SA
- Place Place of death Mecca / Makka al-Mukarrama, Hijaz, Mecca, SA
Bibliographical references
- Ibn Masdi y su obra biográfica: on page
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Band 1: 372 on page 372
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Zweiter S... on page 945
- Biblioteca de al-Andalus IV: 159-61, nº 793 [J.... on page 159-61, nº 793 [J. Zanón]