Al-Sijistani
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Al-Sijistani refers to people from the historic Sijistan region in present-day Sistan
, the border region of eastern Iran and southwestern Afghanistan. To some, it is an Arabic epithet for people from the region.
Prominent people who have been called Al-Sijistani include:
Sistan
Sīstān is a border region in eastern Iran , southwestern Afghanistan and northern tip of Southwestern Pakistan .-Etymology:...
, the border region of eastern Iran and southwestern Afghanistan. To some, it is an Arabic epithet for people from the region.
Prominent people who have been called Al-Sijistani include:
- Abu Da'ud Sulayman ibn Ash`ath al-Azadi al-Sijistani (817-888 CE), ("Abu Dawood"), collector of hadith.
- Abu Sa'id Ahmed ibn Mohammed ibn Abd al-Jalil al-Sijzi (c. 945 - c. 1020 CE), ("Al-Sijzi"), mathematician and astronomer.
- Abu Sulayman Muhammad al-Sijistani (c. 932 - c. 1000 CE), Islamic philosopher, flourished in Baghdad.
- Abu Yaqub SijistaniAbu Yaqub SijistaniAbu Yaqub al-Sijistani was an Persian Ismaili missionary and Neo-Platonic philosopher, who was martyred a few years after 971 CE.-External links:* at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy-Notes:...
(active 971 CE), Neoplatonist and Ismaili missionary.