Taqi al-Din al-Fasi

Taqi al-Din al-Fasi
(تقي الدين الفاسي)
TitleShaykh al-Islām
Maliki Qadi of Mecca
Al-Ḥāfiẓ
Personal
Born8 September 1373
Died6 July 1429 (aged 55)
ReligionIslam
RegionHejaz
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAsh'ari
Notable work(s)Al-ʻIqd al-thamīn fī tārīkh al-Balad al-Amīn
OccupationScholar, Jurist, Traditionist, Judge, Historian, Genealogist
Muslim leader

Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Fasi (Arabic: تقي الدين أبي الطيب محمد بن أحمد الفاسي, 8 September 1373, in Mecca, Hejaz – 6 July 1429, in Mecca, Hejaz) was an Arab Muslim scholar, muhaddith (hadith scholar), faqih (jurist), historian, genealogist and a Maliki qadi (judge) in Mecca.[1][2]

He is best known for his work on the history of Mecca entitled Al-ʻIqd al-thamīn fī tārīkh al-Balad al-Amīn which reached around 18 volumes.[3] He also wrote on the genealogies of some Arab tribes of Tihamah.

  1. ^ Adam Marlow. Muslim Names: Islamic Boys and Girls Names with Arabic and English. D-Scribe Digital Publishing. ISBN 9781780410432.
  2. ^ Reuven Amitai, Albrecht Fuess (17 June 2019). The Mamluk Sultanate from the Perspective of Regional and World History: Economic, Social and Cultural Development in an Era of Increasing International Interaction and Competition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 19. ISBN 9783847004110.
  3. ^ Al-dāmigh, Fahd ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Muḥammad (1991). Taqī al-Dīn al-Fasi wa-manhajuhu fī al-tadwīn al-tārīkhī ʻinda al-ʻArab. p. 142.

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