Sulayman al-Aʽmash
Islamic scholar (680 – 764/65)
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Biography
Al-A'mash was born in Kufa in 680 (61 AH).[2][3] He was a freedman of the Kahil clan from the Banu Assad tribe. His father had moved to Kufa from Damavand, Iran.[4]
Al-A’mash died in 764 (147 AH) in Kufa, but most historians say that he died in the month of Rabi al-Awwal 765 (148 AH).[1]
His notable students include Abu Hanifa,[5] Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak, Sufyan al-Thawri, Sufyan ibn ʽUyaynah and Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ.[2]
