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An Arabic grammarian of the Ottoman period, known for Nata'ij al-afkar, his commentary on Birgivi's Izhar al-asrar on syntax. The sources name him Mustafa son of Hamza of Kuşadası; because he came from the town of Kuşadası in the province of Aydın he is also known by the nisbas Kuşadalı and Adavi.
Little is known of his life. The date on which he finished his famous work Nata'ij al-afkar, 27 Ramadan 1085 (25 December 1674), is given by İsmail Paşa and Kahhala as the date of his death. His grave is at Kuşadası.
His Works — ① Nata'ij al-afkar: a commentary on Izhar al-asrar, Birgivi's famous work on syntax. Its many printings in Istanbul and Cairo, and the glosses written on it by many authors, show how important a role it played in the teaching of Arabic, especially among the Ottoman Turks. The best known of its glosses are Muhammad b. Salih's Fawa'id al-adhkar (Istanbul 1326), Mustafa b. Dede's Ghayat al-anzar (Istanbul 1263) and Mustafa b. Muhammad's Manafi' al-akhyar (Istanbul 1279, 1325). Muhammad Fevzi, a former mufti of Edirne, removed the parts of the work not directly concerned with syntax, simplified its wording and named it Miftah al-maram fi ta'rif ahwal al-kalima wa-l-kalam; in this new form it was printed in Istanbul in 1305. There are many manuscripts of it in Istanbul libraries. ② Hashiyat Adali ala al-Imtihan: this work on Arabic grammar too is a gloss, on Birgivi's book Imtihan al-adhkiya' (Istanbul 1260, 1270). Imtihan al-adhkiya' in turn is a commentary on the abridgment that Qadi al-Baydawi made, under the title Lubb al-albab, of Ibn al-Hajib's famous grammar al-Kafiya. ③ al-Hayat fi sharh Shurut al-salat: a commentary on Kemalpaşazade's work Shurut al-salat.
Differing Scholarly Views
Date of death — The source gives his death year with a question mark (1085/1674 [?]). This date is in fact the date on which Nata'ij al-afkar was completed (27 Ramadan 1085 / 25 December 1674); İsmail Paşa and Kahhala gave it as the date of his death. The atlas records it not as a certain date of death but as the date the sources give.
A dissenting assessment of Nata'ij al-afkar — While the many printings and glosses of the work show its place in the teaching of Arabic, Şemseddin Sami, saying that it contains a mass of detail, records that reading and teaching it is nothing but a waste of time. The atlas records both sides.
A wrong attribution — The Türk Ansiklopedisi records that Adalı also wrote a commentary on Lubb al-albab, but the source states that this is not correct.
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) · vol. 1, p. 347, entry “Adalî, Şeyh Mustafa”
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