Identification
ʻAbd Allāh b. Ǧaʻfar b. ʻAlawī Madhar Bā ʻAlawī
عبد الله بن جعفر بن علوى مدهر با علوي
ʻAbd Allāh b. Ǧaʻfar b. ʻAlawī b. Mubārak b. ʻAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad Bā ʻAlawī
عبدالله بن جعفر بن علوي بن مبارك بن عبدالله بن أحمد با علوي
Baʻlawī
بعلوي
Bāʻalawī
باعلوي
Titles: šayḫ
Dates
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Death
Expressed
In one sources also 1160 H. Cfr. bibliography
Biographic comments
Ṣūfī and poet from Hadramawt; he grew up in that region with his uncle, then, after his ḥāǧǧ to Makka, he moved to Delhi, India, where he lived and studied for 20 years, before coming back to al-Šiḥr, his birth place.
Additional information
References
- Place Place of birth al-Šiḥr, Hadhramaut, YE
- Place Place of activity Mecca / Makka al-Mukarrama, Hijaz, Mecca, SA
- Place Place of activity Dehli / Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, IN
Bibliographical references
- Ta'rīḫ ʻaǧā'ib al-aṯār fī al-tarāǧim wa-al-aḫbā... on page I, 244
- Muʻǧam al-ta'rīḫ al-turāṯ al-islāmiyya fī makta... on page 1371, n. 3825
Scribe of manuscript parts
Author of texts
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شرح ملخّص عن العقيدةŠarḥ mulaḫḫaṣ ʻan al-ʻaqīda
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قصيدة ان لمع البرق من خيف منىQaṣīda "Inna lamʻ al-barq min ḫīf minā"