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Death of al-Suyuti’s father, 855/1451

وفاة والد السيوطي ويتمه، ٨٥٥هـ/١٤٥١م

c. 1451 CE · 855 AH

Cairo

Al-Suyuti’s father died prematurely in 855/1451, when the boy was five years and seven months old and had already reached Surat al-Tahrim in the Qur’an; his father had entrusted his guardianship to a group of scholars, among them al-Kamal ibn al-Humam 1 2.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile

In time

144014501460 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

In space

Cairo

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Overview

Al-Suyuti’s father died prematurely in 855/1451, when the boy was five years and seven months old and had already reached Surat al-Tahrim in the Qur’an; his father had entrusted his guardianship to a group of scholars, among them al-Kamal ibn al-Humam 1 2.

Connections

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Had participant
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
Occurred at
Cairo
During the reign of
al-Mustakfi bi'llah II Sulayman ibn al-Mutawakkil· al-Qa'im (Cairo)

People and things also explored

Birth of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti in Cairo, 849/1445· al-Mustakfi bi'llah II Sulayman ibn al-Mutawakkil· Cairo· Al-Sakhawi joins Ibn Hajar's dictation circle, 846/1442 until the master's death· Al-Suyuti takes charge of the Baybarsiyya and begins to withdraw, 891/1486· Al-Suyuti begins his formal studies, 864/1460· Al-Suyuti declares himself a mujtahid, c. 888/1483· Al-Suyuti revives hadith dictation at the mosque of Ibn Tulun, 872/1467

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 468-470
  2. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 9 p. 914
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Birth of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti in Cairo, 849/1445

Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, was born in Cairo on 1 Rajab 849 (3 October 1445). His father taught Shafiʿi law and acted as substitute qadi; through him the family was of Persian origin and had settled in Asyut in the Mamluk period, while his mother was a Circassian slave. An anecdote prefigures his fertile career: his mother is said to have borne him in the family library, which earned him the nickname 'son of books' (ibn al-kutub).