{ "id": "epqv5etqdz", "slug": "al-tarazi-laqab-borne-by-several-hadith-scholars", "title": "Al-Tarazi (laqab borne by several hadith scholars)", "updated": "2026-10-15", "topic_path": [ { "id": "society", "label": "Society and history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society" }, { "id": "society.belief", "label": "Philosophy, religion, and mythology", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.belief" }, { "id": "society.belief.religion", "label": "Religion and spirituality", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.belief.religion" }, { "id": "society.belief.religion.people", "label": "Religious biographies", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.belief.religion.people" }, { "id": "society.belief.religion.people.non_christian_leaders", "label": "Jewish, Islamic, and Dharmic religious leaders", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.belief.religion.people.non_christian_leaders" }, { "id": "society.belief.religion.people.islamic_leaders", "label": "Islamic religious leaders and scholars", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.belief.religion.people.islamic_leaders" }, { "id": "society.belief.religion.people.islamic_sunni_scholars", "label": "Sunni imams and classical Islamic scholars", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.belief.religion.people.islamic_sunni_scholars" }, { "id": "society.belief.religion.people.islamic_sunni_scholars.hadith_scholars", "label": "Hadith scholars and traditionists", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.belief.religion.people.islamic_sunni_scholars.hadith_scholars" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.mena.nodate.society.belief", "label": "Middle East and North Africa · Not dated: Philosophy, religion, and mythology", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.mena.nodate.society.belief", "path": [ { "id": "geo.mena", "label": "Middle East and North Africa", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.mena" }, { "id": "geo.mena.nodate", "label": "Middle East and North Africa · Not dated", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.mena.nodate" }, { "id": "geo.mena.nodate.society", "label": "Society and history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.mena.nodate.society" }, { "id": "geo.mena.nodate.society.belief", "label": "Philosophy, religion, and mythology", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.mena.nodate.society.belief" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Al-Tarazi (الطرازي) is a laqab borne by several distinct hadith scholars, an occupational nickname meaning one who makes or uses embroidered garments, including the Hanbali Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tarazi of Nishapur.", "snippet": "Al-Tarazi (الطرازي) is a laqab borne by several distinct hadith scholars, an occupational nickname meaning one who makes or uses embroidered garments, including the Hanbali Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tarazi of Nishapur.", "node": "society.belief.religion.people.islamic_sunni_scholars.hadith_scholars", "markdown": "# Al-Tarazi (laqab borne by several hadith scholars)\n\n**Al-Tarazi** (الطرازي) is the laqab (honorific nickname appended to a scholar's name) borne in the biographical literature by several distinct hadith scholars. The nisba derives from one who makes or uses embroidered garments (النسبة لمن يعمل الثياب المطرزة أو يستعملها), as al-Dhahabi's *Siyar A'lam al-Nubala* explains in its notice of one of the laqab's bearers.[1](https://mail.shamela.ws/book/10906/10820)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Meaning of the nisba | \"One who makes or uses embroidered garments,\" per the *Siyar* apparatus[1](https://mail.shamela.ws/book/10906/10820) |\n| Occupational background | *Tiraz*, from the Persian word for embroidery, named the textiles, the inscribed bands, and the state factories producing them[2](https://www.metmuseum.org/en/essays/tiraz-inscribed-textiles-from-the-early-islamic-period) |\n| Namesakes | Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tarazi (d. 422 AH), \"musnid Khurasan,\" a Hanbali of Nishapur; Sa'id ibn al-Qasim al-Tarazi (d. 362 AH), Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Tarazi of Bukhara (d. c. 570 AH), and Muhammad ibn Ali al-Tarazi (5th-century Imami of Iraq)[1](https://mail.shamela.ws/book/10906/10820) • [3](https://www.islamweb.net/ar/library/content/60/3445/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A) • [4](https://tarajm.com/people/59485) • [5](https://civilica.com/doc/1146359/) |\n\n## Name, lineage, and the laqab al-Tarazi\n\nThe laqab al-Tarazi is an occupational nisba: al-Dhahabi's dictionary defines it as belonging to one who makes or uses embroidered garments.[1](https://mail.shamela.ws/book/10906/10820) The trade itself was substantial. The word *tiraz* comes from the Persian word for embroidery and referred to the textiles themselves, to the embroidered inscription bands, and to the factories that produced them.[2](https://www.metmuseum.org/en/essays/tiraz-inscribed-textiles-from-the-early-islamic-period) An official called Nazir al-Tiraz or Sahib al-Tiraz oversaw the workshops, monitoring textile quality and the correct inscription of caliphal titles.[6](https://jfava.ut.ac.ir/article_102129_en.html) Tiraz became a prominent symbol of sovereignty, prompting the Umayyads of al-Andalus (756–1031 CE) to establish their own workshop specializing in silk fabrics.[7](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09518967.2023.2181525)\n\n## A crowded name: the other al-Tarazis\n\nSeveral distinct scholars carried the laqab.\n\n**Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tarazi (d. 422 AH).** The *Siyar* contains a full tarjama for Abu al-Hasan [Ali ibn Muhammad](https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-ibn-muhammad) ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman al-Baghdadi al-Tarazi al-Hanbali, called \"musnid Khurasan\" and one of the senior Nishapuris; he died on 24 [Dhu al-Hijja](https://www.edgepedia.org/dhu-al-hijja) 422 AH.[1](https://mail.shamela.ws/book/10906/10820) He transmitted from Abu al-Abbas al-Asamm and was the last to transmit from him by sama', with Abu Nu'aym al-Hafiz continuing by ijaza after al-Asamm's death.[1](https://mail.shamela.ws/book/10906/10820)\n\n**Sa'id ibn al-Qasim al-Tarazi (d. 362 AH).** Abu Amr Sa'id ibn al-Qasim ibn al-Ala al-Bardhi'i, then al-Tarazi, was an imam and hadith scholar who settled in Taraz in [Turkestan](https://www.edgepedia.org/turkestan); al-Hakim reported his death notice in 362 AH, and Abu Nu'aym al-Isbahani called him one of the huffaz.[3](https://www.islamweb.net/ar/library/content/60/3445/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A) His case shows the nisba could also be topographic, taken from the city of Taraz; the 20th-century scholar Seyyid Mahmud et-Tarazi (1893–1991) likewise took it from long residence in Taraz.[8](https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2625416)\n\n**Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Tarazi of Bukhara.** Abu al-Rida' Sidad al-Din, one of the shaykhs of Bukhara, was born there in 499 AH and died around 570 AH; he studied fiqh there under Abd al-Aziz ibn Umar ibn Maza and heard from Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Zanjari.[4](https://tarajm.com/people/59485)\n\n**Muhammad ibn Ali al-Tarazi.** A modern Persian study documents an Imami figure of the first half of the fifth century AH in Iraq, whose father was among the shaykhs of al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and al-Khatib narrated through him from his grandfather as well. His book *al-Rawayat al-Shahidat li-l-Sa'adat bi-l-'Ibadat* reached Ibn Tawus in the author's own hand, as a wijada.[5](https://civilica.com/doc/1146359/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Al-Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala, tarjama of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tarazi (Shamela edition)](https://mail.shamela.ws/book/10906/10820)\n2. [Tiraz: Inscribed Textiles from the Early Islamic Period, Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/en/essays/tiraz-inscribed-textiles-from-the-early-islamic-period)\n3. [Al-Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala, tarjama of Sa'id ibn al-Qasim al-Tarazi (Islamweb library)](https://www.islamweb.net/ar/library/content/60/3445/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A)\n4. [Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Tarazi, tarajm.com](https://tarajm.com/people/59485)\n5. [Bazpazhuhi Shakhsiyat Muhammad ibn Ali Tarazi va Kitab-i U (Civilica)](https://civilica.com/doc/1146359/)\n6. [Workflow of Dar al-Tiraz and Their Organizational Interactions, Journal of Fine Arts, University of Tehran](https://jfava.ut.ac.ir/article_102129_en.html)\n7. [How al-Andalus wrapped itself in a silk cocoon: the tiraz between Umayyad economic policy and Mediterranean trade, Mediterranean Historical Review (2023)](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09518967.2023.2181525)\n8. 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