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Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sallam al-Basri
Kufa / Basra, Iraq
Archival Overview
Pioneering early Islamic Quranic commentator who settled in Kairouan, author of Tafsir Yahya ibn Sallam, one of the earliest complete Quranic commentaries in Islamic history, preserved in the Great Mosque of Kairouan.
Biographical Record
Yahya ibn Sallam was born in Iraq, studied in Kufa and Basra, and immigrated to Kairouan in the late 8th century during the Muhallabid era. In Kairouan, he established the primary school of Quranic exegesis (Tafsir) and prophetic traditions in North Africa.
His celebrated Tafsir, surviving in precious ancient papyrus and parchment manuscripts in the library of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, is one of the oldest extant complete commentaries on the Quran in the world, predating Tabari by a century.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialMecca, Saudi Arabia