Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Al-Ghazali across 3 places, from 1085 to 1110.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Al-Ghazali, ( ( – 19 December 1111), Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Persian scholar and polymath.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Al-Ghazali is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Al-Ghazali was documented, and when
1085year
Nishapurattested“After al-Juwayni's death in 1085, al-Ghazali departed from Nishapur and joined the court of Nizam al-Mulk, the powerful vizier of the Seljuk empire, which was likely centered in Isfahan.”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
1085year
Isfahanattested“After al-Juwayni's death in 1085, al-Ghazali departed from Nishapur and joined the court of Nizam al-Mulk, the powerful vizier of the Seljuk empire, which was likely centered in Isfahan.”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
1110year
Baghdadattested“He later returned to Tus and declined an invitation in 1110 from the grand vizier of the Seljuq Sultan Muhammad I to return to Baghdad.”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
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In each of these, a source puts Al-Ghazali and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1095year
Baghdadmentioned“He underwent a spiritual crisis in 1095, abandoned his career and left Baghdad on the pretext of going on pilgrimage to Mecca.”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
1095year
Meccamentioned“He underwent a spiritual crisis in 1095, abandoned his career and left Baghdad on the pretext of going on pilgrimage to Mecca.”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
1096year
Damascusmentioned“Macdonald, the purpose of abstaining from scholastic work was to confront the spiritual experience and more ordinary understanding of "the Word and the Traditions." After some time in Damascus and Jerusalem, with a visit to Medina and Me…”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
1096year
Medinamentioned“Macdonald, the purpose of abstaining from scholastic work was to confront the spiritual experience and more ordinary understanding of "the Word and the Traditions." After some time in Damascus and Jerusalem, with a visit to Medina and Me…”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
July 1106month
Nishapurmentioned“Al-Ghazālī returned to Nishapur in Dhu al-Qa'da 499 (July 1106) and resumed teaching at the Nizamiyya there.”source: Wikipedia: Al-Ghazali
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