Abu Abdallah ibn Jarada, full name Abū 'Abdallāh Muḥammad ibn Jarada (1004-1084), was a wealthy merchant and member of the

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community in 11th-century

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. Originally from

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, he was born in 1004 (395 AH) and originally did trading between his hometown and Baghdad, where he later settled. He lived in the Bab al-Maratib quarter on the east side of Baghdad, in a massive residence consisting of 30 buildings and including a garden, a hammam, and two private mosques. His residence hosted various social functions, such as weddings, for members of the Hanbali community. Ibn Jarada was a son-in-law of another wealthy Hanbali merchant,

Abu Mansur ibn Yusuf Abu Mansur ibn Yusuf, full name Abū Manṣūr 'Abd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf (1004/5-late 1067), was a wealthy Hanbali merchant in 11th-century Baghdad who was a benefactor and confidant to the Abbasid caliph al-Qa'im. He was also known ...

, who wielded influence with the Abbasid caliph al-Qa'im. After Abu Mansur's death in 1067, Ibn Jarada inherited his position as family patriarch (together with Abu'l-Qasim ibn Ridwan) and adopted his title of "Shaykh al-Ajall", or "the most eminent shaykh". Although sources have little to say about the exact nature of Ibn Jarada's commercial activities, they do describe his philanthropic activities. He had a mosque built and named after him, the Masjid Ibn Jarada, near the caliphal palace, where he had

Abu Ali ibn al-Banna Abu Ali ibn al-Banna, full name Abū 'Alī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn 'Abd Allāh ibn al-Bannā' al-Baghdādī al-Ḥanbalī, was an 11th-century author, scholar, and diarist from Baghdad. According to Ibn al-Sam'ani, he was one of the leading Is ...

teach. He also built a school for girls and hired Abu Talib al-Ukbari to teach there. He also hired Abu Ali ibn al-Banna as a private tutor for his family. He died in 1084 (476 AH), at the age of 81 (in lunar years).

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