Samarra
Teachers who lived here
Al-Jahiz
Al-Jahiz (776–869)
Ali ibn al-Madini
Ali ibn al-Madini (778–849)
Al-Farghani
Al-Farghani (800–870)
Al-Buhturi
Al-Buhturi (821–897)
court poet (caliphal seat) 848
Al-Mubarrad
Al-Mubarrad (826–898)
summoned to court 860–861
Ali al-Hadi
Ali al-Hadi (828–868)
summoned / died 848–868
Hasan al-Askari
Hasan al-Askari (846–874)
lived / detained / died 848–874
Abu Bakr al-Shibli
Abu Bakr al-Shibli (861–946)
born 861
al-Najashi
al-Najashi (982–?)