At a glance
- Roles
- Vizier · Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
- 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 (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
'Ali al-Qifti, vizier of Aleppo known as the Generous Qadi; one of the outstanding katibs in prose and verse, versed in lugha, grammar, fiqh, hadith, the sciences of the Qur'an, usul, logic, wisdom, astronomy, geometry and history — dignified, composed, of complete honour. 1
Books and works
He gathered books as none had gathered; he loved nothing of the world but books and had neither house nor wife. He authored al-Durr al-thamin on the converts' news, a correction of al-Jawhari's Sihah, remarks on Sahih al-Bukhari, Nuzhat al-nazir and Nuzhat al-khatir among others. 1
Connections
- Died in
- Aleppo
People and things also explored
the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court· al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ moved to Aleppo — Saʿd al-Dīn Kumashtakīn seizes the regency· The exchange of Aleppo, from Mosul to Sinjar· Battle of Azaz· Byzantine capture of Aleppo· Conquest of Aleppo (15 AH)· Death of al-Malik al-Zahir of Aleppo
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 244
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Qadi al-Akram al-Qifti”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-al-qifti/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.