Ahmad al-Ahsa'i: Difference between revisions

Al-Ahsa'i was educated in al-Ahsa until he was twenty years old. In [[1186]]/1772, he migrated to [[Karbala]] and [[Najaf]]. Upon the Cholera outbreak in [[Iraq]] in [[1208]]/1794, he returned to al-Ahasa and after four years he went back to Iraq. Upon his return, he sojourned in [[Basra]] and stayed in Dhawraq near Basra until [[1216]]/1801. At this time, he had short sojourns in Basra and villages nearby.

In 1216/1801, he went to Karbala and Najaf, and then he went to [[Mashhad]] as a pilgrim—on his way, he had a stay in [[Yazd]]. People in Yazd warmly welcomed him and because of their insistence, he stayed in Yazd after his return from Mashhad. Al-Ahsa'i went to [[Tehran]] for a while at the command of [[Fath 'Ali Shah]], and in [[1223]]/1808 he returned to Yazd by the permission of the Shah.

In [[1229]]/1814 al-Ahsa'i went to [[Kermanshah]] on his way to Karbala and Najaf, and was welcomed by people. The governor of Kermanshah insisted that he stay there, and promised that he provide all the means for al-Ahsa'i to annually travel to Iraq. The stay took about ten years, except two years when he was on travels. He then went to Mashhad, Yazd, and Kermanshah, and then to Iraq. He then departed from Iraq to [[Mecca]], but he died near [[Medina]].