Tashkopruzade

Mawla Isam al-Din Abu al-Khayr Ahmad ibn Musleh al-Din, known as Tashkopruzade, author of al-Shaqa'iq al-Nu'maniyya. In the appendix to al-Shaqa'iq, called al-Iqd al-Manzum fi Dhikr Afadil al-Rum, it is said: he was one of the notable scholars. ².

He took hadith and tafsir from his father, then read with Mawla Sidi Muhammad al-Qujawi, and became constantly attached to him; then with Mawla Muhammad known as Mirim Jalabi, under whom he completed the mathematical sciences. He taught in several madrasas, then was appointed judge of Constantinople, where he carried out the religious rulings until a severe eye disease led to the loss of sight in both his eyes. This fulfilled what is said in a saying about the judgeship and blindness of sight. He asked to be relieved of the post and occupied himself with copying out some of his own compositions. He was a vast sea, fair, content with the truth and free of arrogance. ¹.

Among his works are al-Ma'alim in theology; a gloss on Sharif al-Jurjani's gloss on al-Tajrid, in which he gathered the views of al-Qushji, al-Dawani, Mir Sadr al-Din and Khatib Zadeh; a commentary on the third part of al-Miftah; al-Shaqa'iq al-Nu'maniyya on the scholars of the Ottoman state, which he compiled after losing his sight and which was the first work of its kind; a book setting out the kinds, categories and subjects of the sciences and the well-known works in each field, with notes on the lives of their authors, a precious book rich in benefits; and a large historical work, which he also abridged. He suffered from haemorrhoids, and died of them in 968 AH. ³.