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Al-Tabari

Produced influential works in Qur’anic commentary and universal history.

224-310 AH / 839-923 CETabaristan and BaghdadHistorian, exegete, and jurist

Al-Tabari: life, work, and legacy

Al-Tabari Historian, exegete, and jurist

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Al-Tabari is presented as historian, exegete, and jurist associated with Tabaristan and Baghdad. The working chronology for this record is 224-310 AH / 839-923 CE. Produced influential works in Qur’anic commentary and universal history.

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224-310 AH / 839-923 CE

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