Fenarizade

by Zilfi, Madeline C.

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Fenarizade (Fenārīzāde) was an eminent Ottoman family that took its name from the most distinguished of the line, Molla Şemseddin Mehmed b. Hamza b. Mehmed el-Fenari (Mollā Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥamza b. Muḥammad al-Fanārī), known as Molla Fenari (751–834/1350–1431). An Ottoman scholar and theologian, Molla Fenari is regarded as the first in the long series of chief muftis, later entitled şeyhülislam s ( shaykh al-Islām s), or grand muftis, of the Ottoman state. Although his biography has co…

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Fenarizade (Fenārīzāde) was an eminent Ottoman family that took its name from the most distinguished of the line, Molla Şemseddin Mehmed b. Hamza b. Mehmed el-Fenari (Mollā Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ḥamza b. Muḥammad al-Fanārī), known as Molla Fenari (751–834/1350–1431). An Ottoman scholar and theologian, Molla Fenari is regarded as the first in the long series of chief muftis, later entitled şeyhülislam s ( shaykh al-Islām s), or grand muftis, of the Ottoman state. Although his biography has come down to us only partially

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2027

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eng Islam

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Zilfi, Madeline C.

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