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(Abul Hosein), AHMED, a learned Mussulman doctor, of the sect of Abu Hanefi, was born at Nissabur in 367 of the Hegira. He held the office of reis of the Hanefi sect in Irak, and died in 428 of the same mera (A.D. 1037). Among his works the most celebrated is a Treatise on Dogmas of Hanefi, founder of the sect which bore his name. See D'Herbelot, Bibliotheque Orientale, s.v.