Qara Ughli, qadi of Damascus

Qara Ughli the Hanafi, one of the freedmen of the lands of Rum; the author of the Shaqa'iq says he was a freedman of Sayyid Ibrahim al-Amasi, studied under his patron, then taught in the outskirts of Amasya, at the Amasya madrasa, at Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may God be pleased with him) and at one of the Eight, and was then given the qada' of Damascus which he entered in 840, an old man; loving the Sufis and the poor, he proclaimed in Damascus that no woman or girl should go out to the markets; he loved scholars, was dignified, of handsome grey hair, sound creed, praiseworthy way, and a clever man of letters. ²

Ibn Tulun, after calling him a polymath, says he was bright-haired and loved the righteous — "but there were hands above his hand, which kept his word from being heard and his command from prevailing"; he died while qadi of Damascus on Tuesday 11 Dhu'l-Hijja and was buried at Bab al-Firdaws. ²