Abu Bakr al-Warraq

Muhammad ibn Umar al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi al-Balkhi, best known as Abu Bakr al-Warraq (died 893), was a noted 9th-century Persian gnostic (ʿārif) and Sufi sheikh.[1][2] Born in Tirmidh (present-day Termez, Uzbekistan), he lived and worked in Balkh (present-day Afghanistan). His nephew was Abu Isa Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (died 892).[1]

References
  1. Arya, Gholam-Ali; Cooper, John (2015). "Abū Bakr al-Warrāq". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.
  2. Reinert, B. (1983). "ABŪ BAKR AL-WARRĀQ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume I/3: Ablution, Islamic–Abū Manṣūr Heravı̄. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-0-71009-092-8.
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