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Al-Damiri, the Glossary

Al-Damiri (1341–1405), the common name of Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri (كمال الدين محمد بن موسى الدميري), was a Shafi'i Sunni scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, and expert in Arabic from late medieval Cairo.^[1]

49 relations: Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil, Abraham Ecchellensis, Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari, Al-Azhar University, Al-Maqrizi, Al-Nawawi, Al-Shafi'i, Al-Suyuti, Arabic, Ash'arism, Bab al-Nasr (Cairo), Cairo, Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Egypt, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., English language, Faqīh, Fiqh, Folklore, Friday prayer, Hadith, Hadith studies, Hafiz (Quran), Hajj, Ibn al-Mulaqqin, Islam, Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi, Kalam, Late Middle Ages, Latin, Lower Egypt, Mamluk Sultanate, Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars, Muhaddith, Natural history, Nile, Nile Delta, Quran, Samannud, Samuel Bochart, Scholarly method, Shafi'i school, Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini, Sunni Islam, Taj al-Din al-Subki, Taqi al-Din al-Fasi, University of California Press, Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi, Zoology.
1341 births
14th-century Muslim theologians
14th-century jurists
Zoologists of the medieval Islamic world

Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil

ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-Hāshimī ibn ʿAqīl al-Shāfiʿī al-Qurashī al-Bālisī (November 1294 – 18 November 1367), usually known as Ibn ʿAqīl, was a Syrian grammarian and jurist of the Shāfiʿī school active in Mamlūk Egypt. Al-Damiri and Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil are Shafi'is.

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Abraham Ecchellensis

Ibrahim al-Haqilani (February 18, 1605July 15, 1664; Latinized as Abraham Ecchellensis) was a Maronite Catholic philosopher and linguist involved in the translation of the Bible into Arabic.

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Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari

Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari (translit; 874–936 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist of the Shafi'i school, exegete, reformer, and scholastic theologian known for being the eponymous founder of the Ash'ari school of Islamic theology. Al-Damiri and Abu Hasan al-Ash'ari are Asharis, hadith scholars and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Al-Azhar University

The Al-Azhar University (1) is a public university in Cairo, Egypt.

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Al-Maqrizi

Al-Maqrīzī (المقريزي, full name Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī, تقي الدين أحمد بن علي بن عبد القادر بن محمد المقريزي; 1364–1442) was a medieval Egyptian historian and biographer during the Mamluk era, known for his interest in the Fatimid era, and the earlier periods of Egyptian history.

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Al-Nawawi

Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (translit;&lrm; (631A.H-676A.H) (October 1230–21 December 1277) was a Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar.Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, pp.238-239. Scarecrow Press.. Al-Nawawi died at the relatively early age of 45. Despite this, he authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day. Al-Damiri and al-Nawawi are Asharis, hadith scholars, Shafi'is and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Al-Shafi'i

Al-Shafi'i (translit;;767–820 CE) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, ascetic, and eponym of the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence. Al-Damiri and al-Shafi'i are Shafi'is.

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Al-Suyuti

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī; 1445–1505), or al-Suyuti, was an Egyptian Sunni Muslim polymath of Persian descent. Considered the mujtahid and mujaddid of the Islamic 10th century, he was a leading muhaddith (hadith master), mufassir (Qu'ran exegete), faqīh (jurist), usuli (legal theorist), sufi (mystic), theologian, grammarian, linguist, rhetorician, philologist, lexicographer and historian, who authored works in virtually every Islamic science. Al-Damiri and al-Suyuti are Asharis, hadith scholars and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Ash'arism

Ash'arism (translit) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer (mujaddid), and scholastic theologian, in the 9th–10th century. Al-Damiri and Ash'arism are Asharis.

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Bab al-Nasr (Cairo)

Bab al-Nasr (Gate of Victory), is one of three remaining gates in the historic city wall of Cairo, the capital of Egypt.

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Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.

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Dictionary of Scientific Biography

The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is a scholarly reference work that was published from 1970 through 1980 by publisher Charles Scribner's Sons, with main editor the science historian Charles Gillispie, from Princeton University.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. is the company known for publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica, the world's oldest continuously published encyclopaedia.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Faqīh

A faqīh (fuqahā, فقيه;: &rlm;فقهاء&lrm) is an Islamic jurist, an expert in fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence and Islamic Law.

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Fiqh

Fiqh (فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence.

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Folklore

Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.

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Friday prayer

In Islam, Friday prayer, or Congregational prayer (translit) is a community prayer service held once a week on Fridays.

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Hadith

Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.

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Hadith studies

Hadith studies is the academic study of hadith, (i.e. what most Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as transmitted through chains of narrators).

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Hafiz (Quran)

Hafiz (ḥāfiẓ, pl. ḥuffāẓ حُفَّاظ, f. ḥāfiẓa حافظة), literally meaning "protector", depending on the context, is a term used by Muslims for someone who has completely memorized the Quran.

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Hajj

Hajj (translit; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims.

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Ibn al-Mulaqqin

Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar b. ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Shāfiʿī al-Miṣrī (ابن الملقن), commonly known as Ibn al-Mulaqqin (723–804/1323–1401), was a Sunni Egyptian scholar of Andalusian origin who was considered one of the greatest Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar of his time. Al-Damiri and Ibn al-Mulaqqin are 14th-century jurists, Asharis, hadith scholars, Shafi'is and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi

Jamāl al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn al-Ḥasan al-Umawī al-Qurashī al-Isnawī al-Shāfiʿī al-Miṣrī (جمال الدين أبو محمد عبد الرحيمالحسن الأموي القرشي الإسنوي الشافعي), commonly known as Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi, was a Sunni Egyptian scholar who specialized in the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, legal theory, Qu'ran exegesis, and Arabic grammar. Al-Damiri and Jamal al-Din al-Isnawi are 14th-century jurists, Asharis, Shafi'is and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Kalam

Ilm al-kalam or ilm al-lahut, often shortened to kalam, is the scholastic, speculative, or philosophical study of Islamic theology (aqida).

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Late Middle Ages

The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lower Egypt

Lower Egypt (مصر السفلى) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur.

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Mamluk Sultanate

The Mamluk Sultanate (translit), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries.

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Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars

The Mosque of al-Zahir Baybars (مسجد الظاهر بيبرس) is a mosque built in Cairo, Egypt by the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars al-Bunduqdari (r. 1260-1277) through his Vizier Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna and Sanjar al-Shuja‘i.

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Muhaddith

A Muhaddith (محدث) is a scholar specialized in the study, collection, and interpretation of hadiths, which are the recorded sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad. Al-Damiri and Muhaddith are hadith scholars.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nile

The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa.

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Nile Delta

The Nile Delta (دلتا النيل, or simply الدلتا) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Quran

The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).

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Samannud

Samannud (سمنود) is a city (markaz) located in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt.

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Samuel Bochart

Samuel Bochart (30 May 1599 – 16 May 1667) was a French Protestant biblical scholar, a student of Thomas Erpenius and the teacher of Pierre Daniel Huet.

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Scholarly method

The scholarly method or scholarship is the body of principles and practices used by scholars and academics to make their claims about their subjects of expertise as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public.

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Shafi'i school

The Shafi'i school or Shafi'ism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.

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Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini

Abū Hafs Sirāj al-Dīn al-Bulqīnī (أبو حفص سراج الدين البلقيني; 1324–1403 CE); also known as just Sirajuddin al-Bulqini was an Egyptian scholar of Islamic Jurisprudence. Al-Damiri and Siraj al-Din al-Bulqini are Asharis and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Taj al-Din al-Subki

Abū Naṣr Tāj al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAlī ibn ʻAbd al-Kāfī al-Subkī (تاج الدين عبد الوهاب بن علي بن عبد الكافي السبكي), or Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī (تاج الدين السبكي) or simply Ibn al-Subki (1327-1370) was a leading Sunni Islamic scholar based in Egypt and Levant. Al-Damiri and Taj al-Din al-Subki are 14th-century Arab people, 14th-century Muslim theologians, 14th-century jurists, Asharis, hadith scholars, Shafi'is and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Taqi al-Din al-Fasi

Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Fasi (تقي الدين أبي الطيب محمد بن أحمد الفاسي., 8 September 1373, in Mecca, Hejaz – 6 July 1429, in Mecca, Hejaz) was an Arab Muslim scholar, muhaddith (hadith scholar), faqih (jurist), historian, genealogist and a Maliki qadi (judge) in Mecca. Al-Damiri and Taqi al-Din al-Fasi are 14th-century Arab people, Asharis, hadith scholars and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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University of California Press

The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.

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Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi

Al-Hafiz Zain al-Din 'Abd al-Rahim al-'Iraqi (أبو الفضل زين الدين عبد الرحيمالعراقي, 1403-1325) was a renowned Kurdish Shafi'i scholar and was the foremost leading hadith scholar at his time. Al-Damiri and Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi are 14th-century jurists, hadith scholars, Shafi'is and Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam.

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Zoology

ZoologyThe pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Damiri

Also known as Ad-Damiri, Ad-Damīrī, Al-Damīrī, Damiri, Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri, Kamal al-Din al-Damiri, Kamal-ud-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri, Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Damiri, Muḥammad ibn Musa Al-Damīrī.

Al-Damiri, the Glossary

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1341 births

14th-century Muslim theologians

14th-century jurists

Zoologists of the medieval Islamic world

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