Muqatil ibn Atiyah
Muqatil ibn Atiyah ibn Muqatil al-Bakri al-Hijazi[1] (Arabic: مقاتل بن عطية بن مقاتل البكري الحجازي, romanized: Muqātil b. ʿAṭiyya b. Muqātil al-Bakrī l-Ḥijāzī; fl. 11th century) was allegedly a medieval authority of the Nizamiyya of Baghdad, and son-in-law of Nizam al-Mulk.[2] He was
the son of an Arab chief. Being obliged to quit his brothers in consequence of a quarrel, he proceeded to Baghdad and then set out for Khorâsân, whence he went to Ghazna. Having returned to Khorâsân, he devoted his services to the vizir Nizâm al-Mulk and married into his family.[1]
He is known only by a treatise in Arabic that he wrote, Mu'tamar Ulama' Baghdad (Arabic: مؤتمر علماء بغداد), in which he recounts in detail a Sunni-Shi'i debate taking place in the court of Sultan Malik Shah I.[3] It has been translated into Persian under the title In search of Truth in Baghdad (Persian: در جستجوی حق در بغداد), as well as under the title راهی به سوی حقیقت (ISBN 964-93287-8-5).
References
- 1 2 Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 3. 1868. p. 412.
- ↑ "The Nail in the Door & the Conference of Baghdad's Scholars – Iqra Online". 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ↑ "A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE MULTIPLE IDENTITIES AND DISGUISES OF 'AL-MUHAJIROUN'" (PDF).
External links
- Debate account (in Arabic)