Abu Muhammad 'Izz al-Din 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd al-Salam al-Sulami al-Dimashqi, born in Damascus in 577 AH (1181 CE), was a leading Shafi'i jurist, Qur'anic exegete and theologian. He earned the honorifics "Sultan al-'Ulama" (Sultan of the Scholars) and "Shaykh al-Islam", the former bestowed by his student Ibn Daqiq al-'Id. After teaching at the Umayyad Mosque and the Aziziyya Madrasa in Damascus, he moved to Egypt, where he served as a judge, taught at the Salihiyya Madrasa, and preached at the Mosque of 'Amr ibn al-'As. He authored around forty works on jurisprudence, legal theory, exegesis and theology, and was renowned for his courageous stance against innovations and unjust rule. He died in Cairo on 9 Jumada al-Ula 660 AH (1 April 1262 CE) and was buried in the Qarafa Cemetery. Sources: TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi "İzzeddin b. Abdüsselâm"; English Wikipedia "Al-Izz ibn Abd al-Salam"; Wikidata.