Ahmad Pasha ibn Khidr Beg

Ahmad Pasha ibn Khidr Beg al-Rumi. He studied with Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim ibn Gharsan, then with Amir al-Tusi, Mawla Sinan al-Din and Mawla Muhyi al-Din al-Qurashi. He read reputable books, and gained a command of jurisprudence and of the philosophical and theoretical sciences. He taught at the madrasas of Bursa and rose step by step as a teacher ¹.

He held the office of mufti of Bursa, and in his time he became known as Mawla Ahmad Pasha. It was his habit to attend lessons every afternoon, and he held judgeships in several places in Bursa and elsewhere. Ibn al-Imad reports from his grandfather that he was a generous man, an exemplar whom poor people and others sought out for his forbearance, his giving and his good answers. He founded several endowments and charitable works. He died in the year 933 ¹.