Makḥūl al-Shāmī was an early 8th-century Muslim jurist, muhaddith and tābiʿī based in Damascus, Syria. His teachers included Anas ibn Mālik and Ṭāwūs ibn Kaysān while a number of other prominent scholars studied under him, such as ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Awzāʿī, , , Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, Thawr ibn Yazīd, and .

Makhul was of Sindī origins; reports Ibn Qutaybah on the authority of Ibn ʿĀʾisha. He was taken as a war captive during a raid on Kabul, then under the Kabul Shahis. Being a native of Sind, he used to speak Arabic with a strong accent. He was freed in Egypt and later settled in Damascus, where he became one of the leading jurists. He died in 118 AH/736 CE.

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Ibn al-A'rabi Ibn 'Ulayya Kushajim

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