e/Qadi al-Nu'man

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has gloss	eng: Abu Hanifa al-Nu‘man ibn Muhammad ibn Mansur ibn Ahmad ibn Hayyun al-Tamimi, generally known as al-Qāḍī al-Nu‘mān (d. 974 CE/ 363 AH) was an Ismaili jurist and the official historian of the Fatimid caliphs. Born in North Africa, he converted to Ismaili Islam and began his career in Ifriqiya (modern-day Tunisia, western Libya and eastern Algeria) under the first caliph, al-Mahdi Billah (r. 909-934 CE/ 297-322 AH), quickly rising to become the most prominent judge (qadi) of the Fatimid state. In his fifty years of service to the Fatimids, he wrote a vast number of books under the encouragement of the caliphs on history, biography, jurisprudence (fiqh) and the interpretation of scripture (tawil). After the Fatimid conquest of Egypt and Syria, al-Numan left Ifriqiya and travelled to the newly-founded city of al-Qahira (Cairo) where he died in 974 CE/ 363 AH.
lexicalization	eng: Qadi al-Nu'man
instance of	(noun) an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism Ismailian, Ismaili