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Taftazani

Persian theologian, literary and philosopher (1322-1390)
Person human Q764947

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
March 1, 1322, 1312[10]
Date of death
January 10, 1390, 1390[11]
Place of birth
Taftazan
Place of death
Samarkand
Country of citizenship
Timurid Empire[14]
Occupation
literary scholar, philosopher, mutakallim, Islamic jurist, mathematician, scholar[15]
Field of work
Ilm al-Kalam, poetry, grammar, geometry, logic[16][17][18][19][20]
Religion or worldview
Islam, Sunni Islam, Ash'ari, Maturidi[22][23][24][25]
Notable work
Sharh al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya[21]
Student of
ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Ījī, Qutb al-Din Razi[30][31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Arabic[34]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)[32][33]
Given name
Mesut, Masoud[28][29]
Madhhab
Shafi'i, Hanafism[36][37]
Name in native language
مسعود بن عمر بن عبد الله التفتازاني[35]
Place of burial
Samarkand, Sarahs[12][13]
Residence
Sarakhs[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Taftazani en Alsaaʻd altaaftāzāny en Al-Taftazani en Sa‘d al-Din al-Taftazani en Sad al-Din Masud ibn Umar ibn Abd Allah Al-Taftazani ar التفتزاني ar السَّعْد التَّفْتَازاني ar سعد الدين ar سعد الدين التفتازاني ar مسعود بن عمر بن عبد الله التفتازاني de At-Taftāzānī fa تفتازانی fa سعدالدین تفتازانی fr Saʿd-al-Din Taftazāni id Sa‘d al-Din al-Taftazani ja サアドッディーン・タフターザーニー nl Masʿūd Ibn-ʿUmar at-Taftazānī ru Сад ад-дин ат-Тафтазани ru Тафтазани tr Teftazani
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000 0004 3958 4867
VIAF cluster ID
641145857886423020766
Library of Congress authority ID
n79106223
GND ID
102372039
Alvin ID
alvin-person:61217
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15822662b
Biblissima authority ID
clothing
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00282892
CiNii Research ID
1140563741734445440
DDB person (GND) ID
102372039
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
102372039
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
13412
Show all 34 identifiers +22
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID
Template:Location map Greece
Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy ID
10-1
FAST ID
42667
Freebase ID
/m/05203p6
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4184060
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/117459026146
IdRef ID
073368547
IxTheo authority ID
076738558
Libris-URI
31fhb0wm4rcdb7c
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05309968
NLA Trove people ID
906938
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007257100005171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4919150
Open Library ID
OL14136A
OpenMLOL author ID
435k (421k–435k, n=4)
SBN author ID
VEAV461985
SELIBR ID
37159
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
1045
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
teftazani
Wellcome Collection concept ID
p845aujt
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbCHTwXr9GRHJt4d68Hmd
Yale LUX ID
person/bbf23b17-a254-4b0d-ae94-afa80d9fc7ff

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 5
poetry, geometry, logic, grammar, Ilm al-Kalam
Occupation 4
mathematician, philosopher, Islamic jurist, literary scholar
Religion or worldview 4
Islam, Sunni Islam, Ash'ari, Maturidi
Madhhab 2
Hanafism, Shafi'i
Place of burial 2
Samarkand, Sarahs
Student of 2
ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Ījī, Qutb al-Din Razi
Teachers 2
ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad Ījī, Qutb al-Din Razi
Country of citizenship 1
Timurid Empire
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Digital Scriptorium Catalog item ID 1
Template:Location map Greece
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Arabic
Place of birth 1
Taftazan
Place of death 1
Samarkand
Residence 1
Sarakhs
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Taftazani was born on March 1, 1322[1], in Taftazan[2]. He died on January 10, 1390[3], in Samarkand[4]. He worked as a literary scholar[5], philosopher[6], mutakallim[7], Islamic jurist[8], and mathematician[9].

FAQs

Where was Taftazani born?

Taftazani's place of birth was Taftazan[2].

Where did Taftazani die?

Taftazani died in Samarkand[4].

What did Taftazani do for work?

Taftazani worked as a literary scholar[5], philosopher[6], mutakallim[7], Islamic jurist[8], and mathematician[9].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [10] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  26. [11] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . Новая философская энциклопедия. wikidata.org.

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