At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · mystic
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Anatolia · Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Mulla 'Ala' al-Din 'Ali ibn Mahmud al-Shahrudi al-Bustami al-Harawi the Hanafi, nicknamed Musannifak ("little author") for composing books while still young; born in 803 AH, he travelled with his brother to Herat and studied under Jalal al-Din Yusuf al-Awbahi (pupil of al-Taftazani), Qutb al-Din al-Harawi, and in both Shafi'i and Hanafi fiqh, then went to the lands of Rum and taught at Sabiquniyya until deafness struck; he moved to Constantinople where Sultan Mehmed assigned him eighty dirhams a day. 2
His works
An imam and polymath with a Sufi licence from the line of Zayn al-Din al-Khwafi, he wrote a full quire every day; his works include sharhs of the Irshad, Misbah (grammar), Adab al-bahth, Lubab, Mutawwal, Taftazani's Sharh al-Miftah, a gloss on the Talwih, Bazdawi, Wiqaya and Hidaya, Masabih al-Baghawi and the Kashshaf, plus the Persian Anwar al-ahdaq, Tuhfat al-salatin and a Persian tafsir commissioned by Sultan Muhammad Khan. He died at Constantinople in 875 and was buried near Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may God be pleased with him)'s tomb. 2
People and things also explored
al-Attarine Madrasa, Fez· Experience versus service, and self-development· Scientific matn (condensed school text)· Reading and culture (al-qira'a wa-l-thaqafa)· Motivation· The youth cultural crisis· Life management and choosing one's field· Madrasa
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 319-321
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.319-321
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islam.museum contributors. “Mulla Musannifak”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/musannifak/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.