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Also Known As	Al-Sheikh al-Akbar • ash-Shaykh al-Akbar • Muḥyī al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿArabī al-Ḥātimī aṭ-Ṭāʾī Ibn al-ʿArabī
Born	July 28, 1165 • Murcia • Spain
Died	November 16, 1240 (aged 75) • Damascus • Syria
Notable Works	“Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam” • “al-Futūḥāt al Makkīyah”
Subjects Of Study	Islam • mysticism

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