Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī, Jamāl al-Dīn Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī b. Yūsuf al-Fīrūzābādī (393–476/1003–1083), was a prominent Shāfiʿī jurisconsult and a well-known teacher at the Niẓāmiyya school in Baghdad. He was born in the town of Gūr in Fārs, which ʿAḍud al-Dawla al-Daylamī (r. 338–372/950–982) had renamed Fīrūzābād (al-Muq…
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Kasa'i, Nurollah, Translated by Farzin Negahban and Nurollah Kasa'i, “Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 03 October 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0090>
First published online: 2015
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