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  "ar": "الخوافي أبو القاسم مهدي بن أحمد",
  "en": "al-Khawafi Abu al-Qasim Mahdi ibn Ahmad"
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  "ar": "نسبة إلى خواف، ناحية من نواحي نيسابور، وكان منها جماعة من العلماء، وتوفي سنة 450هـ (1058م).",
  "en": "Named after Khawaf, a district of Nishapur that produced several scholars; died 450 AH (1058 CE)."
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    "value": "أبو القاسم مهدي بن أحمد الخوافي"
   },
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    "kind": "kunya",
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    "value": "أبو القاسم"
   },
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    "kind": "nisba",
    "lang": "ar",
    "value": "الخوافي"
   }
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   "generated_by": "Devin; Mawsuat A'lam vol 8 pp. 535-536, lib-mawsuat-a3lam"
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   "source": "موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء (أليكسو/دار الجيل 2004) ج8 ص535",
   "generated_by": "Devin",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أبو القاسم مهدي بن أحمد الخوافي. نسبته إلى خواف، وهي ناحية من نواحي نيسابور، وكان منها جماعة من العلماء. توفي سنة 450هـ (1058م)، بحسب «موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء». {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abu al-Qasim Mahdi ibn Ahmad al-Khawafi. He is attributed to Khawaf, a district in the region of Nishapur from which a number of scholars came. He died in 450 AH (1058 CE), according to the \"Encyclopaedia of Notable Scholars and Men of Letters\". {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}"
    }
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    "id": "person/al-khawafi-abu-al-qasim-mahdi-ibn-ahmad",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابو القاسم مہدی بن احمد الخوافی۔ ان کی نسبت خواف کی طرف ہے، جو نیشاپور کے نواحی علاقوں میں سے ہے، اور وہاں کے علما کی ایک جماعت اسی سے تھی۔ «موسوعۃ اعلام العلماء والادباء» کے مطابق ان کا انتقال سنہ 450ھ (1058ء) میں ہوا۔ {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}"
    }
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    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
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