Manāqib · Çeker §2.18

Manāqib Abī Ḥanīfa

مناقب أبي حنيفة

al-Makkī الموفق المكي

Abū al-Muʾayyad al-Muwaffaq b. Aḥmad al-Makkī al-Khwārazmī

The 'preacher of Khwarazm' and a student of al-Zamakhsharī. Forty chapters, the largest manāqib to survive: he compares oral reports with earlier books, uses letters from scholars in nearby cities, and ends each chapter with his own verse.

Draws on

• Abū Yaḥyā al-Nīsābūrī, Manāqib Abī ḤanīfaQuotes the book repeatedly.
• al-Ḥimmānī (Ibn al-Ṣalt), Faṣl fī Manāqib Abī ḤanīfaIncludes reports from al-Ḥimmānī.
• al-Ṣaymarī, Akhbār Abī Ḥanīfa wa-AṣḥābihiCompares oral reports with Akhbār Abī Ḥanīfa.
• al-Zaranjarī, Manāqib Abī ḤanīfaUses letters from al-Zaranjarī.
• Ẓahīr al-Dīn al-Marghīnānī, Manāqib al-Imām al-AʿẓamUses letters from Ẓahīr al-Dīn in Bukhara.

Used by

• al-Bazzāzī, Manāqib Abī ḤanīfaRelies on al-Makkī, poems included.
• al-Ṣāliḥī, ʿUqūd al-JumānAlso quotes his poems.
• Nūḥ al-Rūmī, al-Durr al-MunaẓẓamCited.
• Müstaḳīmzāde, Manāqib-i Imām-i AʿẓamAlso quotes his poems.

Teachers, students, family

• al-Zamakhsharī, Shaqāʾiq al-NuʿmānTeacher of al-Makkī