Hammad al-Harrani
Hammad al-Harrani or Abu al-Thana' Hammad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Hammad ibn al-Fudayl al-Harrani al-Hanbali was a Muslim scholar, poet, merchant and traveler who left his home town Harran to live in Alexandria under the reign of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi. Both towns were dominated by Hanbali school. However, he came back to Harran and died there in 598 AH/1202 AD. He is the author of a lost history of Harran and compiled poems.
Hammad al-Harrani
Danieliness · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Hammad al-Harrani
- Birth Name
- Abu al-Thana' Hammad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Hammad ibn al-Fudayl al-Harrani al-Hanbali
- Born
- 12th century
- Birthplace
- Harran
- Died
- 1202
- Occupation
- Scholar, Poet, Merchant, Traveler
- Known for
- History of Harran, Poetry
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Hammad al-Harrani or Abu al-Thana' Hammad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Hammad ibn al-Fudayl al-Harrani al-Hanbali was a Muslim scholar, poet, merchant and traveler who left his home town Harran to live in Alexandria under the reign of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi. Both towns were dominated by Hanbali school. However, he came back to Harran and died there in 598 AH/1202 AD. He is the author of a lost history of Harran and compiled poems.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Hammad al-Harrani. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5645539 · wikipedia · Hammad al-Harrani
In this article
Biography
Biography
There were many scholars who listened and reported hadiths from Hammad al-Harrani during his stay in Alexandria and after he returned to Harran; among them were Ibn al-Hajib (570-646 AH) and Ahmad al-Harrani. • Illustration — Hammad al-Harrani's autograph, dated 1179 A.D, Adilnor Collection.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Hammad al-Harrani • Native Name — حماد الحراني • Birth Name — Abu al-Thana' Hammad ibn Hibat Allah ibn Hammad ibn al-Fudayl al-Harrani al-Hanbali • Born — 12th century • Birthplace — Harran • Died — 1202 • Place of death — Harran • Occupation — Scholar, Poet, Merchant, Traveler • Known for — History of Harran, Poetry • Era — Islamic Golden Age • Notable Works — Lost history of Harran, Compiled poems
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Ibn 'Imad, Shajarat IV, 335, Cairo 1350-01; Ibn Kathir, Bidayah, XIII, 33f, A manuscript of Ibn 'Abd al-Birr's Istidhkar was written for him in 573 AH/1177-08. Ref. Y. al-'Am, Fihris Makhtutat Dar al-Kutub al-Zahiriyah 274, Damascus 1366/1947.
- 2.See Rosenthal, Histrography p. 466; David Morray, A Medieval Muslim scholars at work: Ibn Tawus and his library by Etan Kohlberg and An Ayyubid notable and his world: Ibn al-'Adim and Aleppo as portrayed in his Biographical dictionary of People associated with the city, p.8.
- 3.'Umar Rida Kahhalah, Mu'jam al-Mu'allifin.
- 4.Ibn al-Sabuni, Takmilah Ikmal al-Ikmal.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,078 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Hamish HendersonAuthor
- Hamlet IsakhanliAuthor
- Hamlin GarlandAuthor
- Hamma HammamiAuthor
- Hammad Ar-RawiyaAuthor
- Hammad NiaziAuthor
- Hammond InnesAuthor
- Hammour ZiadaAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Hammad al-Harrani?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.