At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
Al-Safadi's gifts as a stylist and calligrapher opened government service to him: he first held kitabat al-darj at Safad, then at Cairo; he conducted kitabat al-sirr at Aleppo for a time between 723/1323 and 726/1326, and briefly at al-Rahba toward the end of the decade, while shuttling between the capitals Damascus and Cairo 1 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi
- Occurred at
- Aleppo· Safad· Rahbat Malik
- During the reign of
- al-Mustakfi I
People and things also explored
Al-Safadi is born at Safad, 696/1297· Al-Safadi's lecture tour at Aleppo, 759/1358· Al-Safadi's earliest attested copying, 718/1318· Al-Safadi at Damascus meets Ibn Taymiyya, 717/1317· Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi· Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi· Safad· Abu Dawud's wider journey: Egypt, the Jazira, Harran and Aleppo
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 8 p. 759
- Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , vol. 2 p. 88
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Safadi's chancery service: Safad, Aleppo, al-Rahba, 723-726/1323-1326”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/safadi-aleppo-service-723/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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