At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muzaffar al-Din Abu al-Thana' Mahmud ibn Ahmad ibn al-Hasan ibn Isma'il ibn Ya'qub, known as Ibn al-Amshati, a Hanafi scholar of Cairo. He grew up in Cairo, and his family origin is traced to Ayntab. 1
Dates
The encyclopaedia says he was born in 815 AH (1412 CE) and died in 902 AH (1496 CE). 1 These dates come from a single source, so they need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.343
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mahmud ibn Ahmad Ibn al-Amshati”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-amshati-mahmud-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.