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- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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Overview
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) 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
- Occurred at
- Cairo
- During the reign of
- al-Mustakfi bi'llah II Sulayman ibn al-Mutawakkil
People and things also explored
Death of al-Suyuti’s father, 855/1451· 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· Al-Suyuti announces himself as the renewer of the ninth century, c. 898/1492
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 9 p. 913-914
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Birth of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti in Cairo, 849/1445”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/birth-al-suyuti-849/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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