Khatib-zada al-Rumi

خطيب زاده الرومي

1496 CE · 901 AH

Born in Kastamonu, known by the title Khatib-zada.

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Roles
Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Baqi Yazdi · 'Abd al-Haqq al-Sunbati · Molla 'Abd al-Karim al-Rumi · 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ziyad, mufti of Zabid · 'Abd Allah al-Fakihi, the grammarian

Scripture and its sciences

Place in the story

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Khatib-zada al-Rumi al-Qastamuni, a scholar. He was born in Kastamonu and is known by the title "Khatib-zada". The Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' gives his death as 901 AH (1496 CE). 1

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People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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The seven ahruf

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