محمد بن أحمد عليش، أبو عبد الله

محمد بن أحمد عليش، أبو عبد الله

Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ulaysh, Abu Abd Allah, from Tripoli in the West, born and died in Cairo. The head and mufti of the Malikis in Egypt, a jurist who took part in several sciences, he studied at al-Azhar, held the headship of the Malikis there, and studied with al-Amir al-Saghir and Mustafa al-Bulaqi among others. He was imprisoned when the British occupied Egypt and died soon after. His works include 'Minah al-jalil' on the abridgement of Khalil in four volumes, and 'Hidayat al-salik', glosses on al-Dardir's commentary. He lived from 1217 to 1299 AH. ¹