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Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad, Sufi scholar of Tarim

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ScholarSufi scholar of Tarim

Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddadعبد الله بن علوي الحداد

Approximate dateTarim

A blind scholar of Tarim whose short litany is recited from Yemen to Indonesia.

He lost his sight to smallpox as a small child but memorised the Quran and became the leading scholar of Hadramawt. He wrote short, clear books on faith and character, and composed the Ratib al-Haddad, a litany of verses and remembrance.

What grew out of it?

Hadrami traders and scholars carried his books and litany around the Indian Ocean, to East Africa and Southeast Asia.

Who else is linked?

Hadramawt

Who lived at the same time?

AurangzebMehmed IVSuleiman IIAhmed IIMustafa IIMoulay IsmailIbrahimShah Jahan

Source: history · Wikipedia

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