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Al-Tahawi

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Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī (Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر أَحْمَد ٱلطَّحَاوِيّ, romanized: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī) (853 – 5 November 933), commonly known as at-Tahawi (Arabic: ٱلطَّحَاوِيّ, romanized: aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī), was an Egyptian Arab Hanafi jurist and Traditionalist theologian. He studied with his uncle al-Muzani and was a Shafi'i jurist, before then changing to the Hanafi school. He is known for his work al-'Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah, a summary of Sunni Islamic creed which influenced Hanafis in Egypt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Tahawi is the 27th most popular lawyer (down from 18th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 186th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Al-Tahawi ranks 27 out of 136Before him are Bill Gates Sr., Navi Pillay, Carla Del Ponte, Muhammad al-Shaybani, Raphael Lemkin, and Peter Benenson. After him are Al-Mawardi, Irnerius, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Kiki Camarena, Warren Christopher, and Ewald Georg von Kleist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 853, Al-Tahawi ranks 1 Among people deceased in 935, Al-Tahawi ranks 2Before him is Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Drahomíra, Arethas of Caesarea, Trpimir II of Croatia, and Mardavij.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Al-Tahawi ranks 214 out of 642Before him are Meketaten (-1348), Hemiunu (-2500), An-Nasir Muhammad (1285), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), As-Salih Ayyub (1205), and Mohammed Badie (1943). After him are Farida of Egypt (1921), Neferure (-1500), Al-Maqrizi (1364), Psusennes II (-1100), Abdel Halim Hafez (1929), and Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850).

Among LAWYERS In Egypt

Among lawyers born in Egypt, Al-Tahawi ranks 1After him are Qasim Amin (1863), and Aisha Rateb (1928).