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Abu Tahir al-Silafi -LRB- born Isfahan in 472 AH / 1079 CE ; died Alexandria in 576 / 1180 -RRB- , was a leading scholar and teacher in sixth / twelfth-century Egypt .. Isfahan. Isfahan. Alexandria. Alexandria. Among his many works is the Mu ` jam al-safar -LRB- the Dictionary of Travel -RRB- , a biographical dictionary  : ` covering from 511 / 1117 to 560 / 1164 , the Mu ` jam can be regarded as a digest of intellectual life in late Fatimi Alexandria ' .. Alexandria. Alexandria. Al-Silafi ran the second madrasa to be built in Egypt -LRB- and the first Shafi ` i one there -RRB- , built in Alexandria in 544 / 1149 on the order of Alexandria 's then governor Shafi ` i al - ` Adil b. Salar , vizier to Caliph al-Zafir .. Alexandria. Alexandria. al-Zafir. Al-Zafir. It was named ` Adiliyya after its founder , but became popularly known as al-Silafiyya after its leading teacher .. Probably in 512 / 1118 , al-Silafi married Sitt al-Ahl bint al-Khalwani ; their daughter Khadija -LRB- d. 623 / 1226 -RRB- married the scholar Abu ' l-Haram Makki b. ` Abd al-Rahman al-Trabulsi , whose son , Abu ' l-Qasim ` Abd al-Rahman -LRB- born 570 / 1174 -RRB- , also became an important scholar in Alexandria .. Alexandria. Alexandria