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Ahmad bin Abi Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf (d. 869 AH)
Ahmad bin Abi Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf was a Tarim scholar and teacher whose students included Abu Bakr and Husayn, the sons of…
Ali bin Alawi Ba Alawi (d. 709 AH)
Ali bin Alawi Ba Alawi was an early devotional figure of Tarim remembered for pilgrimage, worship, periods of seclusion and the transmission of the…
Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Alawi Mawla al-Dawila (d. 983 AH)
Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah bin Alawi Mawla al-Dawila was a scholar and devotional figure of Tarim remembered for Qur’an recitation, night prayer and long…
Alawi bin Muhammad Mawla al-Dawila (d. 778 AH)
Alawi bin Muhammad Mawla al-Dawila was an early Ba Alawi devotional figure of Tarim, remembered for worship, asceticism and a close formative relationship with…
Abdullah bin Muhammad Sahib Mirbat (d. 592 AH)
Abdullah bin Muhammad Sahib Mirbat was an early Ba Alawi scholar whose 575 AH ijazah records his reading of Jami al-Tirmidhi with Muhammad bin…
Abdullah bin Muhammad Ba Alawi (1015-1085 AH)
Abdullah bin Muhammad Ba Alawi was a scholar of Qism who studied in Tarim and the Haramain, settled in Madinah, and taught Muhammad bin…
Umar bin Muhammad bin Alawi al-Muallim Ba Alawi (d. 997 AH)
Umar bin Muhammad bin Alawi al-Muallim Ba Alawi was a Tarim scholar remembered for religious learning, devotional discipline and study under Ahmad bin Husayn…
Umar bin Muhammad Ba Husayn al-Saqqaf (b. 979 AH)
Umar bin Muhammad Ba Husayn al-Saqqaf was a Ba Alawi spiritual teacher born in Tarim in 979 AH who later settled in Ahmadabad, India.
Hasan al-Turabi bin Ali bin Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam (d. 721 AH)
Hasan al-Turabi bin Ali bin Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam was an early Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim remembered for jurisprudence, tasawwuf and rigorous scrupulousness.
Ahmad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Ali bin Abi Bakr al-Saqqaf (887-946 AH)
Ahmad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Ali bin Abi Bakr al-Saqqaf, known as Shihab al-Din, was a scholar of Tarim who lived from 887 to…