Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
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| Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti | |
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| Born | 3 October 1445 Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Died | 18 October 1505 Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
| Title | Jalal al-Din Mujaddid |
| Notable works | Tafsir al-Jalalayn (lit. Tafsir of the Two Majesties, coauthored with Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli [d. 1460]), al-Khasais al-Kubra (lit. The Major Collection of Characteristics) Tarikh al-Khulafa (History of the Caliphs) al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an (The Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Qur'an) |
Al-Suyuti (السيوطي), entitled Jalal al-Din (literally "Majesty of the Faith"), was one of the most prolific writers in Islamic history and the Middle Ages in general.
While al-Suyuti specialized in the Islamic study of tafsir, hadith, and fiqh, he produced writings on a much wider variety of subjects, including poetry, rhetoric, logic, and astronomy.
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- ↑ C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs et al., eds, (1997), "al-Suyuti", Encyclopaedia of Islam, 9 SAN-SZE (New Edition [2nd] ed.), Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 913-916, ISBN 90 04 10422 4, 1997