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Ibn Qadi Shuhba dismissed, Ibn Hajji made judge of Damascus, Dhu al-Qa'da 842

عزل ابن قاضي شهبة وتولية ابن حجي قضاء دمشق، ذو القعدة ٨٤٢هـ

c. 14 April 1439 CE · 3 Dhu al-Qa'da 842 AH

Damascus

On the third of Dhu al-Qa'da 842, Baha' al-Din Muhammad ibn Najm al-Din Umar ibn Hajji, the confidential secretary of Damascus, was robed and installed as chief Shafi'i judge of Damascus in place of Taqi al-Din Ibn Qadi Shuhba, keeping his secretariat as well. Ibn Hajji had been seized by the rebel governor Inal al-Hakimi in Damascus, who took money from him; he wrote to the sultan, distributed the royal presents among the amirs, fled to Cairo, and was rewarded with the judgeship through the patronage of al-Maqarr al-Kamali Muhammad ibn al-Barizi and the minister Zayn al-Din Abd al-Basit 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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In time

143014401450 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

In space

Damascus

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Overview

On the third of Dhu al-Qa'da 842, Baha' al-Din Muhammad ibn Najm al-Din Umar ibn Hajji, the confidential secretary of Damascus, was robed and installed as chief Shafi'i judge of Damascus in place of Taqi al-Din Ibn Qadi Shuhba, keeping his secretariat as well. 1

How he rose

Ibn Hajji had been seized by the rebel governor Inal al-Hakimi in Damascus, who took money from him; he wrote to the sultan, distributed the royal presents among the amirs, fled to Cairo, and was rewarded with the judgeship through the patronage of al-Maqarr al-Kamali ibn al-Barizi and the minister Zayn al-Din Abd al-Basit. 1

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Qadi Taqi al-Din Ibn Qadi Shuhba· Baha' al-Din Ibn Hajji
Occurred at
Damascus

People and things also explored

Ibn Qadi Shuhba's final dismissal; al-Himsi returns to the judgeship, 12 Muharram 844· The Umayyad Mosque preachership taken from Ibn Qadi Shuhba, 10 Dhu al-Qa'da 843· Ibn Qadi Shuhba invokes al-Aziz Yusuf from the Umayyad Mosque minbar, 842· Ibn Qadi Shuhba appointed chief judge of Damascus, Jumada I 842· Ibn Qadi Shuhba restored to the judgeship of Damascus, Ramadan 843· Qadi Taqi al-Din Ibn Qadi Shuhba· Damascus· the Cave of Qasyun (Jibril's Cave)

Sources

  1. Al-Suluk li-Ma'rifat Duwal al-Muluk — al-Maqrizi (ed. Sa'id Abd al-Fattah Ashur) , p. 1135
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Ibn Qadi Shuhba's final dismissal; al-Himsi returns to the judgeship, 12 Muharram 844

On Monday the twelfth of Muharram 844, Siraj al-Din Umar al-Himsi was robed and restored to the chief judgeship of Damascus in place of Ibn Qadi Shuhba; al-Himsi had come to Cairo, was taken up by men of the state, restored to the post and travelled back to Damascus. Ibn Qadi Shuhba remained unemployed thereafter; he devoted himself to fatwa, teaching and useful writing for many years, and most of Damascus's students profited from him until he died.