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Ibn Qadi Shuhba's final dismissal; al-Himsi returns to the judgeship, 12 Muharram 844

عزل ابن قاضي شهبة الأخير وعودة الحمصي إلى قضاء دمشق، ١٢ محرم ٨٤٤هـ

c. May 1440 CE · 12 Muharram 844 AH

Damascus

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 1. 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 2 3.

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

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Damascus

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Overview

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. 1

After the dismissal

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. 2 3

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Qadi Taqi al-Din Ibn Qadi Shuhba· Siraj al-Din Umar al-Himsi
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Damascus

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Sources

  1. Al-Suluk li-Ma'rifat Duwal al-Muluk — al-Maqrizi (ed. Sa'id Abd al-Fattah Ashur) , p. 1201-1202
  2. Al-Nujum al-Zahira fi Muluk Misr wa-l-Qahira — Ibn Taghribirdi , 15/523
  3. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 269
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