An early master in this city named Sirri Saqti took a future saint from this city named Junayd on hajj at age seven.
An early master in this city named Sirri Saqti took a future saint from this city named Junayd on hajj at age seven. Sufi listening houses for music known as majlis-i samāʿ originated in this city, which hosted the most prominent nizamiyyah, a form of medieval university. Mansur al-Hallaj was executed in this city after claiming that he was "the Truth." A major mosque in this city is the resting place of the founder of the most widespread (*) madhhab, the Hanafi school. Religious intolerance in this city, sparked partly by al-Jahiz's Mu'tazili polemics, led to the birth of Ash'ari theology, whose most famous proponent - al-Ghazali - taught as a professor here. This city is identified in the name of the current leader of the Islamic State. For 10 points, name this home of the House of Wisdom, a longtime capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in modern-day Iraq.
An early master in this city named Sirri Saqti took a future saint from this city named Junayd on hajj at age seven.
Baghdad [or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]