ABU’L-MOẒAFFAR ḴᵛĀFĪ
Shafeʿite jurist and traditionist (d. in Ṭūs in 500/1106) . He was one of the most important students of Emām-al-ḥaramayn Jovaynī.
ABU’L-MOẒAFFAR ḴᵛĀFĪ, AḤMAD B. MOḤAMMAD B. AL-MOẒAFFAR, d. in Ṭūs in 500/1106, Shafeʿite jurist and traditionist. He was one of the most important students of Emām-al-ḥaramayn Jovaynī (d. 478/1085) and a friend of Ḡazālī. For some years he served as qāżī of Ṭūs, but he was eventually deposed from office.
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Cite this article
H. Halm, “ABU’L-MOẒAFFAR ḴᵛĀFĪ,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/4, p. 345; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abul-mozaffar-kafi-ahmad-b (accessed on 31 January 2014).