Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti

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Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
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Born 3 October 1445
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Died 18 October 1505
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Title Jalal al-Din

Mujaddid

Notable works Tafsir al-Jalalayn (lit. Tafsir of the Two Majesties, coauthored with Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli [d. 1460]),
al-Khasais al-Kubra (lit. The Major Collection of Characteristics)
Tarikh al-Khulafa (History of the Caliphs)
al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an (The Perfect Guide to the Sciences of the Qur'an)

Al-Suyuti (السيوطي), entitled Jalal al-Din (literally "Majesty of the Faith"), was one of the most prolific writers in Islamic history and the Middle Ages in general.


While al-Suyuti specialized in the Islamic study of tafsir, hadith, and fiqh, he produced writings on a much wider variety of subjects, including poetry, rhetoric, logic, and astronomy.

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  1. C.E. Bosworth; E. van Donzel; W.P. Heinrichs et al., eds, (1997), "al-Suyuti", Encyclopaedia of Islam, 9 SAN-SZE (New Edition [2nd] ed.), Leiden: E.J. Brill, pp. 913-916, ISBN 90 04 10422 4, 1997