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A Hanafî jurist and lexicographer; a professor who taught for many years at Tire.
He took the epithet İbn Firişte from his father; in some sources his father's name appears as Abdülaziz and in others as Firişte. According to Seyyid Bey he was originally from Turkestan, and his father came to Anatolia at the invitation of the Aydınoğulları.
He came from a family of the learned class. He lived at Tire and taught for many years at the medrese of Aydınoğlu Mehmed Bey; the medrese became famous under his name. He also taught the sons of Mehmed Bey. During Timur's arrival at Tire he met the renowned scholar Seyyid Şerîf el-Cürcânî and won his esteem.
He died after 821 (1418).
His Works — 1. Şerhu Menâri'l-envâr. A commentary on the principles of jurisprudence. 2. Mebâriku'l-ezhâr. A commentary on hadith. 3. Şerhu Mecmai'l-bahreyn. A commentary on jurisprudence. 4. Firişteoğlu Lugatı. An Arabic-Turkish dictionary. 5. Şerhu'l-Vikāye and other works.
Differing Scholarly Views
His father's name appears in two forms. Abdülaziz in some sources and Firişte in others. His epithet İbn Firişte rests on the second.
His origin is a view, not a record. Seyyid Bey says that he was originally from Turkestan and that his father came to Anatolia at the invitation of the Aydınoğulları; the source transmits this as an assessment.
🔴 His works have been confused with his son's. Since his son Muhammed was also known by the epithet İbn Melek, their works have at times been confused with one another. The list above should be read with this caution.
🔴 The date of his death is a LOWER BOUND. The source says "after 821 (1418)"; in the atlas record, however, 1418 appears as a single year. This year in the record is the lower bound given by the source reduced to a single year, and it needs to be corrected (principle 6).
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — Mustafa Baktır · vol. 20, pp. 175-176, entry “İBN MELEK”
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Permanent ID: EA-Z-000061 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.
External records: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam article