The Mu'tazila commentator al-Zamakhshari dies; his al-Kashshaf, a rhetorical and grammatical commentary on the Qur'an, is read across the schools despite its Mu'tazila doctrine, and preserves that theology inside the mainstream commentary tradition.
The Event
- Date
- 1144 (exact)
- Era
- Abbasid; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Khwarazm; today Uzbekistan
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Mu'tazila
- Key figures
- Al-Zamakhshari
- Key texts
- Al-Kashshaf
Primary Sources
- Al-Kashshaf
Secondary Sources
- Berkey, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Cambridge, 2003)
Provenance: HIST-0233; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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