Mahmud Shukri al-Alusi

محمود شكري الألوسي

1856 CE · 1273 AH – 1924 CE · 1342 AH

The Baghdadi scholar Mahmud Shukri ibn Abd Allah al-Alusi, of a Baghdad family of scholars; he devoted himself to editing and publishing the classical heritage, and his grandfather was the author of the tafsir 'Ruh al-Ma'ani'.

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Roles
Scholar · writer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Colonial Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Colonial Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Ahmad al-Hamlawi · Ali-Hajji of Akusha · Alladiya Khan · Amadou Bamba · Badreddin al-Hasani

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Overview

Mahmud Shukri ibn Abdallah al-Alusi al-Baghdadi, of a Baghdadi scholarly family. He worked to revive the heritage of the early scholars and to publish their books. 1

He was born in 1273 AH (1856 CE) and died in 1342 AH (1924 CE). 1

The encyclopaedia says that his grandfather was Abu al-Thana' al-Alusi, the author of the commentary Ruh al-Ma'ani. 1

People and things also explored

Ibn al-Athir Izz al-Din· 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

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.322-326
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