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Biographies
Biographies and profile records of scholars, teachers, community figures and historical personalities represented in the archive. Historical and interpretive claims may require source review.
Alawi bin Muhammad al-Muallim bin Ali Jahdab Ba Alawi (d. 914 AH)
A Tarim scholar from the Ali Jahdab branch whose exact identity and death in 914 AH are independently preserved in Shams al-Zahirah.
Shaykh bin Ali bin Muhammad Mawla al-Dawila (d. 813 AH)
A Ba Alawi figure of Tarim whose independently corroborated lineage identifies Ali bin Muhammad Mawla al-Dawila as his father and whose death is recorded in 813 AH.
Umar bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Faqih bin Abd al-Rahman bin Shaykh Ali
A Ba Alawi scholar of Tarim remembered for Qur’an study, jurisprudence, tasawwuf and a wide program of religious learning.
Aqil bin Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Aqil bin Ahmad
Aqil bin Abd al-Rahman was a Tarim scholar of hadith and tasawwuf whose mapped biography preserves named teachers, students and attributed traditions but no death year.
Abdullah bin Umar bin Muhammad bin Ahmad Ba Shayban (b. 914 AH)
Abdullah bin Umar Ba Shayban was born in Qism in 914 AH and became a scholar and teacher; his mapped biography does not state a death year.
Abdullah bin Abd al-Qadir al-Auhaj Ba Alawi (d. 979 AH)
Abdullah bin Abd al-Qadir al-Auhaj was an Aden scholar of fiqh, hadith and the mathematical sciences who died there in 979 AH.
Ahmad bin Alawi bin Umar bin Aqil Jamal al-Layl
Ahmad bin Alawi Jamal al-Layl was a Ba Alawi scholar from Rawgha who travelled to India and Mecca and studied with Muhammad al-Shilli.
Abd al-Rahman bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Harun Ba Alawi (d. 1000 AH)
Abd al-Rahman bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Harun Ba Alawi was a Tarim scholar whose exact Jamal al-Layl lineage and death in 1000 AH are independently preserved in Shams al-Zahirah.
Abu Bakr bin Ahmad bin al-Faqih al-Muqaddam Ba Alawi (d. 705 AH)
Abu Bakr bin Ahmad bin al-Faqih Muhammad bin Ali Ba Alawi was an early Ba Alawi figure of Tarim whose exact lineage and death in 705 AH are preserved in Qiladat al-Nahr.
Ahmad bin Umar bin Ali bin Umar Ba Alawi (d. 842 AH)
Ahmad bin Umar bin Ali bin Umar Ba Alawi was a scholar of Tarim known for Qur’an study, hadith, fiqh, tasawwuf and close training under Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf.