Khatib-zada al-Rumi

خطيب زاده الرومي

1496 CE · 901 AH

Born in Kastamonu, known by the title Khatib-zada.

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Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia
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Scripture and its sciences

Place in the story

  • ScholarTradition

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Overview

Khatib-zada al-Rumi al-Qastamuni, a scholar. He was born in Kastamonu and is known by the title "Khatib-zada". The Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' gives his death as 901 AH (1496 CE). 1

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The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Khatib-zada al-Rumi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/khatib-zada-al-rumi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings

al-Mas'udi's etymology of the abjad numeral letters — the 29 letters of the abjad order named after six kings of Shu'ayb's people: Abjad of Mecca and the Hijaz, Hawwaz and Hutti of Wajj (the Ta'if and Najd lands), and Kalamn, Sa'fas and Qursht of Madyan or Egypt.