Molla Khosrow

Molla Khosrow, Muhammad ibn Qaramuz al-Rumi, a Hanafi. His father was a commander of the Farasikha who became Muslim, and he grew up under the care of his Lord, Khosrow, and became known by that name. He took the sciences from Burhan al-Din Haydar al-Rumi and taught at Edirne in the Shah Malik college. He wrote glosses on al-Mutawwal, and then became a judge with the victorious army. When Sultan Muhammad Khan took the throne for a second time, he gave him one hundred dirhams every day. When Constantinople was conquered, he made him judge there after Molla Khidr Bey, and added to his post the judgeship of Galata and Üsküdar and the teaching at Hagia Sophia. The sultan held him in high esteem and would say to his ministers, "This is the Abu Hanifa of his age." He was humble, served himself, and wrote two pages each day from the books of the predecessors in a fine hand. He became mufti at the sultan's seat and built several mosques in Constantinople. His works include "Mirqat al-Wusul" on the principles of law with its commentary, "al-Durar wa al-Ghurar," glosses on al-Mutawwal and al-Taluwih, and a commentary on al-Baydawi's exegesis.

He died in Constantinople in 886 AH and was carried to Bursa, where he was buried in his college ¹.