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Identification
Aḥmad b. Faraḥ b. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Faraḥ, Abū al-ʻAbbās al-Išbīlī al-Laḫmī al-Ḫawlānī al-Šāfiʻī, Šihāb al-Dīn
احمد بن فرح بن احمد بن محمد بن فرح ابو العباس الاشبيلي اللخمي الخولاني الشافعي شهاب الدين
Ibn Faraḥ al-Išbīlī
ابن فرح الاشبيلي
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Biographic comments
Šāfiʻī faqīh and ḥadīṯ scholar. He was born in al-Andalus but moved first to Cairo and then settled in Damascus. He is known for his didactic poem Qaṣīda ghazaliyya.
According to EI, al-Suyūṭī erroneously identified him as the son of Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abī Bakr b. Faraḥ, Abū ʻAbd Allāh al-Qurṭubī (d. 671/1273).
Additional information
References
- Place Place of birth al-Andalus, ES/PT
- Place Place of activity Damascus / Dimašq, Damascus Governatorate, SY
Bibliographical references
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Band 1: 372 on page 372
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Erster Su... on page 635
- al-Aʻlām: qāmus tarāǧim, vol. 1, al-Ābarī - Iġn... on page 194-5
- Encyclopaedia of Islam II Online: <http://dx.do... on page <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3159>