EL-MANSÛR AT MEKKAH.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO EL-MANSÛR WHILE
ON PILGRIMAGE TO MEKKAH.
EL-GHAZÂLY,[1] and ibn-Bilyân, and others besides them, relate that Abu-Jaʾafar, el-Mansûr, being on pilgrimage at Mekkah, lodged at the Bait-en-Nádwah.[2] And he was accustomed to
- ↑ El-Ghazâly was the surname of two brothers natives of Tûs (a place in Khorassân composed of two towns, Taberân and Nawkân), both of whom were celebrated doctors of the sect of esh-Shâfaiy. I imagine that he upon whose authority the following tale is given was Abu-Hamid, el-Ghazâly, the more celebrated of the brothers, who was born A.H. 450 (A.D. 1058–9), and died A.H. 505 (A.D. 1111). For four years he held the professorship in the college, built at Baghdâd by Nizâm-el-Mulk, the Wâzir of Málik-Shah (the third sultân of the Seljûk dynasty), called the Nizamiyyah. His writings upon learned and scientific subjects are very numerous.
- ↑ Bait-en-Nádwah. In the time of the Prophet this was the building in which the infidel nobles were wont to assemble and hold discussions with the Prophet and his followers. After the banishment of infidels from Mekkah, the Bait-en-Nádwah became the lodging-house for nobles and great men when on pilgrimage.
