At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Poet
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Mawla 'Ali Qitali-zade; one of the qadis who were accomplished poets and wits, born in 918. He dissented on the question of beating with the bastinado and wrote a book on it, and enjoyed a fine renown in Abu'l-Su'ud's lifetime; a tasteful poet of lovely adab whose ode 'the outcast seeking refuge in God's sanctuary' encompassed the arts. 1
His killing
He was killed by sorcery at Antioch — or, it was said, his wife gave him something in his last illness; he died on the seventh of Ramadan. 1
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Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 388-389
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “'Ali al-Qitali-zade, the poet-qadi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ali-al-qitali-zade/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.