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Identification
Ibn ʻIrāq, Muḥammad b. ʻAlī b. ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kinānī al-Dimašqī
ابن عراق , محمد بن علي بن عبد الرحمن الكناني الدمشقي
Šams al-Dīn Abū ʻAlī
شمس الدين ابو علي
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Biographic comments
Syrian ṣūfī. He had a military background and as a young man devoted himself to furūsiyya and hunting, but later turned towards scholarship and ṣūfism. In 924 he made the pilgrimage and settled in Ḥiǧāz, staying in Makka and Madīna.
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References
- Place Place of birth Damascus / Dimašq, Damascus Governatorate, SY
- Place Place of activity Mecca / Makka al-Mukarrama, Hijaz, Mecca, SA
- Place Place of activity Medina / al-Madīna al-Munawwara, Hijaz, Medina, SA
Bibliographical references
- al-Aʻlām: qāmūs tarāǧim, vol. 6, Muḥammad - Muḥ... on page 290
- Šaḏarāt al-ḏahab fī aḫbār man ḏahab: 10: 273-277 on page 10: 273-277