Scholar · 699 to 767
Abu Hanifa
Founder of the Hanafi school, the most followed school of law in Pakistan, India, Turkey and Central Asia. He refused a judgeship under the Abbasids and died in prison in Baghdad.
At a glance
- Lived
- 699 to 767
- Role
- Scholar
- Era
- The Abbasid golden age
- Chapter
- 3. The Abbasids, the Crusades and the Mongols
Abu Hanifa's world
800: The Abbasid golden age
The Abbasids built a new capital at Baghdad in 762. Under Harun al-Rashid and al-Ma'mun, the House of Wisdom translated Greek, Persian and Indian science into Arabic, and al-Khwarizmi wrote the book that gave algebra its name. The four Sunni schools of law took shape in these years.
People of the same era
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