Diya al-Din al-Qasim

ضياء الدين القاسم

1159 CE · 554 AH – 1203 CE · 599 AH

Qadi Diya al-Din al-Qasim (554–599) — qadi of Damascus by his uncle's testament, then stepped aside for Sharaf al-Din Ibn Abi Asrun when he saw the sultan's preference; ended as qadi of Hama under al-Malik al-Mansur Muhammad b. Taqi al-Din 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Summary

Qadi Diya' al-Din Abu'l-Fada'il al-Qasim b. Qadi Taj al-Din Abi Tahir Yahya b. 'Abdallah; he heard hadith at Alexandria from the hafiz Abu Tahir al-Silafi and transmitted some verse of 'Umara al-Yamani the jurist; he held Damascus's judgeship after his uncle Kamal al-Din by a bequest of his uncle Taj al-Din that the sultan carried out, remaining a while — then, learning the sultan leaned to Shaykh Sharaf al-Din Ibn Abi 'Asrun, he asked to be relieved, and Sharaf al-Din took it. 1

After Salah al-Din

When Salah al-Din died his son al-Malik al-Afdal Nur al-Din 'Ali settled him over the supervision of Damascus's awqaf; then he left Damascus and went off to Hama. 1

Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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