ABSTRACT
Before 240/854 he journeyed to the East, where he fulfilled his obligation to make the pilgrimage to Mecca and studied with a large number of teachers. He visited the f.Iijaz, Iraq, Syria and Egypt, though the cities where he were studied under most teachers were those of Iraq, in particular Basra and Baghdad. In this respect al-Khushani's background was similar to that of Baqi ibn Makhlad and different from what was generally the case among Andalusi 'ulamii' who made the ri~la in that period, such as Ibn Wa<J.<J.a~. For whereas the latter's education took place primarily in Syria, Egypt and lfriqiya,4 Baqi, like al-Khushani, spent most of his time among Iraqi teachers (more than two thirds of those under whom he studied), mostly in Basra, a city that Ibn Wa<J.<J.a~ never even visited.5 This is not the place to [340] analyse the lengthy lists of teachers that Ibn f.Iarith supplies for the three men, but it is without doubt a question that deserves to be tackled soon, for it will provide very valuable information towards a more profound understanding of this period, so crucial in the development of Andalusi juridical-religious thought.
