Ahmad ibn Harb al-Nisaburi was a noted
ascetic
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of
Nishapur
Nishapur or officially Romanized as Neyshabur ( fa, ;Or also "نیشاپور" which is closer to its original and historic meaning though it is less commonly used by modern native Persian speakers. In Persian poetry, the name of this city is wr ...
, a reliable traditionist and a fighter in the holy wars. He visited
Baghdad
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in the time of
Ahmad ibn Hanbal and taught there; he died in Islamic golden age 234 (849) at the age of 85. He was a teacher of
Karram (d. 255/869), who was the founder of the anthropomorphic
Karramiyya movement.
[The Politics of Heresy in Medieval Khurasan: The Karramiyya in Nishapur, p40]
References
Iranian Sufis
760s births
849 deaths
9th-century Sufis
Year of birth unknown
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