Ahmad ibn Muhammad Sajawandi


Abū Badīl Ahmad ibn Muhammad Sajāwandī was a 12th-century chronicler, commentator on the Quran, poet and orator. He was the son of the scholar Muhammad ibn Tayfour Sajawandi. He is mentioned in the Lubab ul-Albab of Aufi and the Chahar Maqalah of Nizami Aruzi as a great poet and orator at the court of Tughan-Shah Ibn Alp Arslan, under the name Malik al-Kalām Majd ad-Dīn Aḥmad Badi'hī Sajāwandī. However, as this event must have preceded Abu Badil's lifetime by close to a century, it is likely that these individuals have been confused from an early date, with Malik al-Kalām Aḥmad Badi'hī being known for his poetry, and Imâm-e Kabīr Ahmad ibn Muhammad Sajāwandī for his religious scholarship.

Name

His full name is ʿAbū Badīl Aḥmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Tayfour Sajāwandī. Sajāwandī is his nisbah meaning "from Sajawand". He is mentioned by the honorifics Majd ad-Dīn and Imâm-e Kabīr.

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