Fakhr al-Din al-Razi dies at Herat; the Ash'ari theologian and polymath's Great Commentary on the Qur'an and his philosophical summae carry Ash'ari theology into its mature, philosophy-engaged form.
The Event
- Date
- 1210 (exact)
- Era
- Abbasid; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Herat; today Herat, Afghanistan
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Ash'ari
- Key figures
- Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
- Key texts
- Al-Tafsir al-Kabir
Primary Sources
- Al-Tafsir al-Kabir
Secondary Sources
- Berkey, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Cambridge, 2003)
Provenance: HIST-0236; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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