Mahmud Shukri al-Alusi
محمود شكري الألوسي
1856 CE · 1273 AH – 1924 CE · 1342 AH
The Baghdadi scholar Mahmud Shukri ibn Abd Allah al-Alusi, of a Baghdad family of scholars; he devoted himself to editing and publishing the classical heritage, and his grandfather was the author of the tafsir 'Ruh al-Ma'ani'.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Colonial Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesHistory-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Mahmud Shukri ibn Abdallah al-Alusi al-Baghdadi, of a Baghdadi scholarly family. He worked to revive the heritage of the early scholars and to publish their books. 1
He was born in 1273 AH (1856 CE) and died in 1342 AH (1924 CE). 1
The encyclopaedia says that his grandfather was Abu al-Thana' al-Alusi, the author of the commentary Ruh al-Ma'ani. 1
People and things also explored
al-Abri, Abu al-Hasan· 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)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.322-326
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islam.museum contributors. “Mahmud Shukri al-Alusi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mahmud-shukri-al-alusi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.