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Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani

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Persian writer, theologian

AcademicsLived 1340 to 1413 · aged 73
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Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani (1339-1414) was a Persian encyclopedic writer, scientist, and traditionalist theologian. He is referred to as "al-Sayyid al-Sharif" in sources due to his alleged descent from Ali ibn Abi Taleb. He was born in the village of Ṭāḡu near Astarabad in Gorgan, and became a professor in Shiraz.

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Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani (1339-1414) was a Persian encyclopedic writer, scientist, and traditionalist theologian. He is referred to as "al-Sayyid al-Sharif" in sources due to his alleged descent from Ali ibn Abi Taleb. He was born in the village of Ṭāḡu near Astarabad in Gorgan, and became a professor in Shiraz. When this city was plundered by Timur in 1387, he moved to Samarkand, but returned to Shiraz in 1405, and remained there until his death.

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Lived 1340 to 1413 · aged 73
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