At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
LiteratureLibraries, paper and the book
Summary
Sayyid Shihab al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Sayyid al-Sadid al-Samarqandi al-Husayni, the secretary. He was among the excellent scholars of his age. 1.
Five languages
He wrote in five languages: Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Tokharian and Uzbek, and composed and recited in them. He had memorised the Qur'an and was precise in many matters of etiquette. He took hadith from Sayyid Abu al-Fadl al-Madani, Shihab al-Din al-Husayni and al-Ajiz al-Samarqandi. 1.
Library and death
His library exceeded a thousand and ninety books, and a hundred copies of hadith. He read widely, admired what was good, and lectured to students of knowledge. He died on the night of Thursday, the ninth of Muharram 996 AH, in the town of Hayyan. 1.
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Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 435
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islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad al-Samarqandi al-Husayni, the five-language munshi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-al-samarqandi-munshi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.