At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · Jurist
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
sunni-shafii (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Al-Shihab al-Qusi, the leading jurist — agent of the Bayt al-Mal in Syria and endower of the Qusi circle at the mosque; born at Qus, he travelled to Egypt in 590, came to Damascus in 591 and settled, hearing much in many lands, and attached himself to the Sahib Safi al-Din Ibn Shukr. 1
His affairs
He produced for himself a mu'jam in four large volumes — al-Dhahabi says it contains much error; a littérateur, chronicler, eloquent and fluent, versed in fiqh, he conducted correspondence to the lands, held the agency of the Bayt al-Mal, advanced with kings, taught at his circle in the mosque of Damascus, and endowed his house as a Dar al-Hadith. 1
Connections
People and things also explored
the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)· Qasr Hiraql / Qasr Shams al-Muluk· The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus· The Fitna of the Hafiz Abd al-Ghani in Damascus in 595· al-Afdal besieges Damascus and turns back· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· al-Ghazali's arrival in Damascus as an ascetic, in 488· al-Ashraf takes Damascus
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 268-269
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Shihab al-Qusi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-shihab-al-qusi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.