An anonymous Shiite Scholar in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries AH: Abū al-Barakāt al-Husseini al-JowrĪ and the writing of the Qur'an in 421 AH in Neyshabour
Document Type : pajoohesh
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10.22081/jap.2020.69553
Abstract
Abu al-Barakāt Ali ibn al-Ḥusayn al-HusaynĪ was one of the most important Shiite scholars and writers in the fourth century and the first quarter of the fifth century AH in Khorasan. Not much is known about his birthplace and biography, but a search of historical sources shows that he was a Twelver Imami Shiite, one of the scholars and writers of Khorasan, and a resident of Neishabour. In addition to mentioning his name and poems in the works of Abū Mansūr ThaālibĪ (d. 429 AH), and mentioning his name among the students and narrators of Sheikh Ṣaduq (d. 381 AH), the components of a thirty-part Qur’an available in the endowments of Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad have been attributed to him as its scribe. This would draw our attention more to him and his academic life. This article, after reviewing his condition and works, introduces the thirty-part Qur’an, which he wrote and dedicated to the Razavi shrine in the holy city of Mashhad in the month of Ramadan in 421 AH.
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