akhbåri scholars from astaråbådi to the end of the thirteenth century ah

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AKHBÅRI SCHOLARS

FROM ASTARÅBÅDI TOTHE END OF THETHIRTEENTH CENTURYAH

The list below is by no meanscomprehensive, and contains onlythe most

prominent Akhbåri scholars foundin the biobiblio!raphical literature"The nature of bio!raphicalcompendia was such that in the#rst

1$0 years of the Akhbåri school,little reference was made to the

Akhbåri %or any other& alle!iance


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of the scholars"1 ' have restrictedthe list below to scholars who

composed Akhbåri works and whowere referenced as such in the(hia bio!raphical tradition"The listtakes us to the end of the

Thirteenth )entury A*" The lar!enumber of Thirteenth )entury Akhbårischolars, many of whom hadpersonalconnections with +irå+u-ammad alAkhbår and.or werebased in'ndia is an indication of the

possibilities for future research onthepost+irå +uhammad andmodern Akhbåri school" The


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increase inthe number of Akhbåris in this list

after +irå +uhammad alAkhbåridoes not necessarily reflectincreased Akhbåri activity" /ather,it probablyreflects other factors proimity of

time %and hence !reater recordsavailable to the principally modernbio!raphical works cited here&,a

!reater willin!ness of bio!raphicalwriters to identify their fellowscholarsas Akhbåris in the Thirteenth)entury %as compared to the

leventh&,and finally a minority loyal to +irå+uhammad himself"(cholars not mentioned elsewhere


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in this book are provided withsin!le reference %many more could

be !iven&" The scholars areorderedby death date when known" 3hendeath dates are not known ' haveinserted scholars in what ' ud!e to

be an appropriate position in thelist" (cholars whose Akhbårialle!iance is doubtful or disputedaremarked with an asterisk5"

leventh )entury A*

Mir Yusuf `Ali al-Husayni%d" early leventh )entury&"6escribed as an Akhbari in


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Tihrani, Taba7at, v" $, p" 84$,thou!h this is a late source"

9A! Alla" al-Tus#ari %d" 1021&

Ma$i! al-Ba"rani %d" 102:&

Mu"a%%a! A%in al-As#araa!i

%d" 10;8&

Fa&"r al-Din Hay!ar al-Lan&ari%d" after 10;1&

9Isa al-Du'%ari %d" not known&


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Safi al-Din Mu"a%%a!

%d" after 10;;&

9A! al-Ha!i al-Husayni al-Tus#ari %d" not known&

Husayn ( al-Hasan ( Yunisal-Ta"iri %alive in 10$1&


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*uwayi %alive 10?D&

'brahim b" 9Abd Allah al Astarabadi known as al>hatib %d" after 10:1&

5+uhammad (alih al+aandarani%d" 10:1 or 10:8&

+uhammad +uBmin b" 6awsat %or6 st& alAstarabadi %d" 10:?&

>halil alEawini%d"10:D&

+uhsin Fayd al>ashani%d" 10D1&

9Ali As!har alEawini


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%alive 10D2&

/adi al6in alEawini%d" 10D8&

+uhammad Tahir alEummi %d" 10D:&

T)*lf#" C*n#ury

Ahmad b" +uhammad b" usuf al+a7abi al@ahrani%d" 1102&

+uhammad b" al*asan al*urr al

9Amili %d" 1104&


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*ashim b" (ulayman al@ahrani%d" 110?&

5+uhammad @a7ir al+alisi%d" 1111&

(ayyid =i9mat Allah alCaaBiri

%d" 1112&

59Abd Allah b" al*usayn aladi%alive 111;&,

AlTihrani su!!ests %Taba7at, v" 8,p" 44?& that this is the sameperson as 9Abd Allah b" al*usaynalGri"

=ur al6in +uhammad al>ashanialAkhbari%d" 111$&


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+uhammad (alih al*arawi.al*arati

%alive in 111D&" Hupil of al*urr,author of the Akhbari work 3asIlatalma9ad fI dhamm alitihad see%+ashhad Fihrist, v" 18, p" 80;,+(B;0;0, where an iaa to one

=aJr Allah al+udarris is recorded,another possible other Akhbari in>horasan, see Tihrani, Taba7at, v"8, p" ;?8&"

+uhammad /aaim b" +uhammadal*arawi.al*arati%no death date known&" Anotherpupil of al*urr with the same

nisba, and author of the Akhbariwork of fi7h, AnIs al+ustawahishIn, see +ashhadFihrist, v" 18, pp" ?4K?$ +(B1800


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and Tihrani, Taba7at, v" 8, p" 281"

(ulayman b" 9Abd Allah al@ahrani%d" 1121&

9Abd Allah b" (alih al(amahii%d" 11;$&"

*e !ave an iaa to one =asir b"alCarudi alEatifi, anotherpossible, @aarayni Akhbari %see(chmidtke, LThe iaaM&"

9Abd Allah b" =ur al6in alCaaBiri%alive in 11$1&

(adr al6in b" =aJir al6in b" +ira

(alih alNabaOabaPi aladi%d"11$;&"

Akhbari teacher in ad, his son+uhammad b" (adr al6in al


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Akhbari, no death date known, was also an

Akhbari %see Tihrani, al6hari9a, v"8, p" 42 and p" 1D:&" The son wasforced to defend his fatherBs

Akhbarism and 9irfani tendencies%see Tihrani, Taba7at, v" 8, p" ;??&"

=ur al6in b" =i9mat Allah alCaaBiri %d" 11$:&Gnknown 12th )entury Akhbari,who wrote an importantcommentary on al*urrBs *idayatalGmma, see Tihrani, al6hari9a,v" 14, p" 1?2"

+uhammad Ca9far b" +uhammadTahir%born 10:0, no death date known,


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thou!h the recent editor of hiswork ar!ues for 11?$, makin! him

D$ at the time of his death&" An Akhbari pupil of +alisi '' and al*urr, who wrote an appendi to(ahib al/ialBs bio!raphicalcompendium entitled 'klIl al

+anhaQ2 see Amin, A9yan al(hi9a, v" D, p" 204 and describedas an Akhbari at al*usayni,Tilamidhat al+alisI, p" ::"2 This has been published in 142$

A*" Rne would not be able todetect his Akhbari alle!iance fromthe work itself"

usuf b" Ahmad al@ahrani%d" 11?8&

(haykh *asan Akhbari


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%d" 11:1&Sa poet and Akhbari,with an iaa for itihad from

>arbala, but based in @ushehr andthen @ahrayn %Amin, A9yan al(hi9a, v" $, pp" 280K281&"

T"ir#**n#" C*n#ury

+uhammad b" 9Abd al=abi al Akhbari

%d" 12;2&

Fath 9Ali


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%d" before 1240&"/eferred to as an Akhbari by both

+ira +uhammad alAkhbari andFath 9Ali


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after 1242&" Author of an Akhbariwork of 9irfan %V& +asalik alAtwar

%Tihrani, al6hari9a, v" 20, p" ;??&"*abib al6in +uhammad b" 9Ali

As!har alCurfada7ani %d" after1244&" Author of al+alhama biWlJawab, supposedly a work of 9irfani

akhabari kalam %Tihrani, al6hari9a, v" 22, p" 22;&"Cawad (iyahpush b" +uhammadal


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+uhammad 'brahim b"+uhammad 9Ali alNabasi %death

date not known&" Another pupil of+ira +uhammad alAkhbari%Tihrani, al6hari9a, v" 21, p" 181and Tihrani, al6hari9a, v" 24, p"?1&"

+uhammad +ahdi alAstarabadi%d" 12$D&" An 'ranian who movedto ucknow"*asan b" *usayn b" +uhammadb" Ahmad al6arai al@ahrani Al9Gsfurii %d"1281& a pupil of Fath9Ali


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+ira +uhammad alAkhbari,wrote a refutation of itihad

%Tihrani, al6hari9a, v" 24, p" 28?&"9Abd al(ahib b" +uhammadCa9far al6awwani al>hashti alFarisi %d" circa 12?4&" A pupil of+ira +uhammad alAkhbari and

author of the Akhbari defenceTuhfat al*abib%Amin, A9yan al(hi9a, v" :, p" 18&"+uhammad @a7ir b" +uhammad9Ali al6asti alari %date of deathunknown&" An Akhbari pupil of+ira +uhammad who wrote arefutation of the @ab %Amin, A9yanal(hi9a, v" :, p" ;0:&"

+ustafa b" 'sma9il al+usawi %dateof death unknown&" A pupil of+ira +uhammad alAkhbari whowrote an Akhbari work entitled al


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awami9 al+uhammadiyya for+uhammad (hah Eaar, a copy of

which is to be found in theGniversity of Tehran )entralibrary %Gniversity Fihrist, lahiyatsection +(B48;6&*asan b" 9Ali b +uhammad al

Akhbari %date of death unknown&"randson of +ira +uhammad al

Akhbari see Tihrani, al6hari9a, v"18, p" 2:8" @rother of +uhammadb" 9Ali b" +uhammad al Akhbari%about whom nothin! else isknown&"+uhammad =aaf al>irmani al+ashhadi alAkhbari %d" 12D2&" An

9arif Akhbari, who composed anumber of works of an Akhbaricharacter %'9timad al(altanah,+aBathir waBlAthar, p" 1?;&"


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9Ali b" 'sma9il alAkhbari %d" after12D$&" 3rote *amalat alayth, an

attack on the Gsulis %Tihrani, al6hari9a, v" D";, p" ?40&"ad 9Ali b" +umta %date of deathunknown&" A pupil of +ira+uhammad alAkhbari %+ustadrak

A9yan al(hi9a, v" 2, p" 2:8&"'nayat Allah b" *asan 9Ali b" +ira+uhammad %date of deathunknown&" randson of +ira+uhammad alAkhbari, who wrotea work on tawaId %Tihrani, al6hari9a, v" 4, p" 4:1&"+uhammad b" 9Ali b" +uhammadalAkhbari %date of death

unknown&" randson of +ira+uhammad alAkhbari whoappears to have taken a moderate

Akhbari path, writin! a work of


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inductive law % fi7h istidlalI,normally a hallmark of an Gsuli&

%see Tihrani, Taba7at alAXlam, v"8, p" ?4$&"+uhammad b" 9Ali *usayn or al*usayni %d" Thirteenth )entury&"6escribed as an Akhbari

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