Al-Subki summoned to Egypt, then restored at Damascus, 743/1342

طلب السبكي إلى مصر ثم عودته إلى قضاء دمشق، ٧٤٣هـ

c. October 1342 CE · Jumada I 743 AH

Damascus → Cairo

In Jumada I 743 the post brought a summons calling chief qadi Taqi al-Din al-Subki to Egypt as its judge; he rode out with the courier while the notables saw him off. He returned to his bench in Damascus on Sunday 8 Rajab carrying a decree of the khitaba as well — but the populace rioted in favour of their own khatib Ibn al-Jalal until al-Subki ceded the pulpit to him and kept the judgeship 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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1330134013501360 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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DamascusCairo

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In Jumada I 743 the post brought a summons calling chief qadi Taqi al-Din al-Subki to Egypt as its judge; he rode out with the courier while the notables saw him off. He returned to his bench in Damascus on Sunday 8 Rajab carrying a decree of the khitaba as well — but the populace rioted in favour of their own khatib Ibn al-Jalal until al-Subki ceded the pulpit to him and kept the judgeship 1.

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Taqi al-Din al-Subki
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Damascus· Cairo

People and things also explored

Al-Subki leaves Damascus for Egypt in a litter, 26 Rabi' II 756· Taj al-Din al-Subki· Shaykh of the Ashrafiyya and Nuriyya hadith schools, Damascus, 17 Rabi' I 740· Reconciliation between al-Subki and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, 16 Jumada II 750· Al-Subki teaches at the Mansuriyya, Cairo, 723/1323· Al-Subki becomes chief qadi of Damascus, 739/1339· Al-Subki's journey to Damascus and the Pilgrimage, c. 710/1310· Al-Subki teaches at the Shamiyya al-Barraniyya, 21 Dhu al-Hijja 745

Sources

  1. al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya — Ibn Kathir , s.a. 743 pp. 215-217
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Al-Subki leaves Damascus for Egypt in a litter, 26 Rabi' II 756

On the morning of Sunday 26 Rabi' II 756, after his son Taj al-Din had taken over the chief judgeship and the shaykhhood of the Ashrafiyya hadith school, Taqi al-Din al-Subki set out for Egypt in a litter with a group of his household and kin. The people had already bidden him farewell, and he was frail; some feared for him the hardships of travel in old age.