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Who rests here
Scholar · died 342 AH · Samarkand
al-Ḥakīm al-Samarqandī (Abu’l-Qāsem Esḥāq b. Moḥammad b. Esmāʿīl b. Ebrāhīm b. Zayd Samarqandī) was a Hanafite scholar and Sufi of Transoxania who served for many years as judge (qāżī) of Samarqand. He is best known as the author of al-Sawād al-aʿẓam , which became the official creed under the Samanids.
Full biography of al-Hakim al-Samarqandi (Abu'l-Qasim Ishaq b. Muhammad) →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)
How to get there
Located in: Samarkand
Coordinates: 39.65454, 66.98620
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- Encyclopaedia Iranica
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)
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