# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abu-sa-d-abd-al-karim-al-samani
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:52:47.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abu-sa-d-abd-al-karim-al-samani"
name: "Abu Sa'd 'Abd al-Karim al-Samani"
slug: "abu-sa-d-abd-al-karim-al-samani"
description: "Ibn al-Samʿānī, full name Abū Saʿd ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Abi ʾl-Muẓaffar Manṣūr al-Tamīmī al-Marwazī al-Shafiʿī al-Samʿānī, nicknamed Tāj al-Islām and Qiwām al-Dīn, was an Arab Muslim scholar of biography, history, hadith, Shafi'i jurisprudence and scriptural exegesis. According to Ibn al-Subki, Ibn al-Sam'ani was considered the second greatest hadith scholar of his time after his companion and master, Ibn Asakir."
tagline: "Muslim historian"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1113-02-09"
deathDate: "1166-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             6.750285062713798
  historical:           9.719550666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%CA%BConiy"
    title: "Samʼoniy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "أبو سعد السمعاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "ابو سعد السمعانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fbu_S%C9%99d_%C9%99s-S%C9%99mani"
    title: "Əbu Səd əs-Səmani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Sam'ani"
    title: "Ibn al-Sam'ani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "ابوسعد سمعانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Abd_al-Karim_al-Sam'ani"
    title: "'Abd al-Karim al-Sam'ani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "ابو سعد سمعانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%B0%D1%81-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Абу Сад ас-Самани"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%8A%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D3%A3"
    title: "Абусаъди Самъонӣ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdylkerim_as-Samany"
    title: "Abdylkerim as-Samany"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "ابو سعد سمعانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12178019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump