Ali ibn Uthman al-Awsi

Ali ibn Uthman ibn Muhammad, Siraj al-Din al-Awsi al-Farghani, a scholar, man of letters and poet. He wrote a well-known poem on the principles of religion of sixty-six verses. ¹

His works include al-Fatawa al-Sirajiyya, Mashariq al-Anwar fi sharh Nisab al-Akhbar, Mukhtalif al-riwaya, a commentary on the verse-treatise of Umar al-Nasafi on disputed questions, and a rhyming poem in the letter lam on the principles of religion. ¹ The heading gives his death as 569 AH and leaves his birth year unknown. ¹