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A. A. A. Fyzee, 1899–1981
Ismail K. Poonawala
Journal: International Journal of Middle East Studies / Volume 14 / Issue 3 / August 1982
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2009, p. i
Print publication: August 1982
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A reconsideration of al-qāḍī al-Nu'mān's madhhab
Ismail K. Poonawala
Journal: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / Volume 37 / Issue 3 / February 1974
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009, pp. 572-579
Print publication: February 1974
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It has been generally accepted by modern scholars that al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān was in the beginning either a Mālikī or a Ḥanafī and that he subsequently became an Imāmī and finally adopted the Ismā'īlī faith. The Imāmī savants, from al-Qāḍī Nūr Allāh Shūshtarī to Āghā Buzurg-i Tihrānī, maintain that al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān was one of their co-religionists. Ismā'īlīs, on the other hand, regard him as one of the pillars of their da'wa. In the light of recently discovered sources and of the consequent revaluation and reinterpretation of earlier works, a re-examination of the question of al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān's madhhab becomes necessary. The present article attempts to do precisely that, and show how and when the theory of al-Qāḍī al-Nu'mān's conversion originated.

Al-Qādī al-nu'mān's works and the sources
Ismail K. Poonawala
Journal: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies / Volume 36 / Issue 1 / February 1973
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009, pp. 109-115
Print publication: February 1973
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Al-Qādī al-nu'mān (d. 363/974) holds a unique position in the history of Ismā'īlī/Fāṭimid literature. He was a voluminous author and headed a family of distinguished judges; his sons and grandsons held the office of chief judge in the Fāṭimid empire in Cairo for approximately half a century, except for brief intermissions.

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