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• SUYUTI [Abu-1 Fadhl'Abd ur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Jalal ud-Din us-Suyuti] (1445–1505)

SUYUTI [See also:

• ABU

Abu-1 Fadhl'Abd ur-Rahman See also:

• IBN

ibn Abi Bakr Jalal ud-Din us-Suyuti] (1445–1505)  , Arabian encyclopaedic writer, was the son of a See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish slave woman . His See also:

• FATHER

father, who was of See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian descent, had been See also:

• CADI (g¢di)

cadi in Suyut (Upper See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt) and See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor in See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, but died before his son was six years old . The boy's training was taken in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand by a Sufi friend of the father . He was precocious and is said to have known the See also:

• KORAN

Koran by See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart before he was eight years old: In 1462 he was already a teacher; in 1464 he made the See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to See also:

• MECCA (Arab. Makkah)

Mecca; in 1472 he became a professor, and in 1486 was promoted to a See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair in the See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque of Bibars . Here, however, he provoked a revolt among the students and in 15oi was discharged for maladministration of See also:

• TRUST

trust funds . Two years later he was offered the same See also:

• POST

post again, but declined, and worked in seclusion at Raucla, an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, and there died in 1505 . He was one of the most prolific writers of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, though many of his See also:

• WORKS

works are only See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets and some are See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere abridgments of the See also:

• WORK

work of others . We know of 561 See also:

• SEPARATE

separate titles of his works, and over 316 exist in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript . A See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of these is given in C . Brockelmann's Gesch. der Arabischen Litteratur, ii . 144—158 (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1902) . They See also:

• DEAL

deal with almost every See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of Moslem See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and literature .

Among the best known are the Itgan fi `Ulum ul-Quran ( on the exegetic sciences of the Koran), published with an See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis by A . See also:

• SPRENGER, JAKOB (fl. 1500)

Sprenger (See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta, 1852—1854) and often in Cairo; the commentary on the Koran, known as the Tafsir ul-Jalalain, begun by Jalfil ud-Din ul-Mahalli (1389—1459) and finished by See also:

• SUYUTI [Abu-1 Fadhl'Abd ur-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Jalal ud-Din us-Suyuti] (1445–1505)

Suyuti, published often in the East; and the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the caliphs, published at Calcutta (1858) and elsewhere . (G . W .