Al-Subki becomes chief qadi of Damascus, 739/1339

السبكي قاضي قضاة دمشق، ٧٣٩هـ

c. 12 January 1339 CE · 19 Jumada II 739 AH

Damascus

In 739 AH Taqi al-Din al-Subki came from Egypt as judge of Damascus and its districts; the people rejoiced at his learning, piety and honesty. He lodged at the Adiliyya al-Kubra as his predecessors had, taught at the Ghazzaliyya and the Atabakiyya, and succeeded the late chief qadi Jalal al-Din Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Qazwini 1. He held the bench about seventeen years 2.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Levant & Iraq
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133013401350 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Damascus

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In 739 AH Taqi al-Din al-Subki came from Egypt as judge of Damascus and its districts; the people rejoiced at his learning, piety and honesty. He lodged at the Adiliyya al-Kubra as his predecessors had, taught at the Ghazzaliyya and the Atabakiyya, and succeeded the late chief qadi Jalal al-Din Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Qazwini 1. He held the bench about seventeen years 2.

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Taqi al-Din al-Subki· Jalal al-Din al-Qazwini
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Shaykh of the Ashrafiyya and Nuriyya hadith schools, Damascus, 17 Rabi' I 740· Al-Subki summoned to Egypt, then restored at Damascus, 743/1342· Reconciliation between al-Subki and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, 16 Jumada II 750· Al-Subki leaves Damascus for Egypt in a litter, 26 Rabi' II 756· 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· Taj al-Din al-Subki arrives in Damascus with his father, 739· Taj al-Din al-Subki appointed Shafi'i qadi in his father's lifetime, Safar 756

Sources

  1. al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya — Ibn Kathir , s.a. 739 pp. 195-196
  2. al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya — Ibn Kathir , s.a. 756 p. 264
  • Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut)
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Shaykh of the Ashrafiyya and Nuriyya hadith schools, Damascus, 17 Rabi' I 740

On Wednesday 17 Rabi' I 740 chief qadi Taqi al-Din al-Subki took up the shaykhhood of the Ashrafiyya hadith school in Damascus in succession to the hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi, and also assumed the Nuriyya hadith school in place of al-Mizzi's son.