Al-Suyuti begins his formal studies, 864/1460

السيوطي يشرع في طلب العلم، ٨٦٤هـ

c. 1460 CE · 864 AH

Cairo

Al-Suyuti began his formal study of the religious sciences in Rabiʿ I 864; he had already finished the Qur’an before the age of eight, then memorised ʿUmdat al-Ahkam, al-Nawawi’s Minhaj, Ibn Malik’s Alfiyya and al-Baydawi’s Minhaj and presented them to the scholars of his day, who licensed him. From Shawwal 865 he attended the lessons of ʿAlam al-Din al-Bulqini, kept to Sharaf al-Din al-Munawi until the latter’s death, and read with al-Mahalli and al-Sirami among others ^{1 2}.