Al-Suyuti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Al-Suyuti

writer, religious scholar

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1445

Place of Birth: Asyut, Asyut Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1505

Profession: historian, geographer, muhaddith, mufassir

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Abu al-Fa?l ‘Abd al-Ra?man ibn Abi Bakr ibn Mu?ammad Jalal al-Din al-Khu?ayri al-Suyu?i (Arabic: ???? ????? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ?? ???? ??????? ????????; c.
1445–1505 CE); aka Jalaluddin; an Egyptian of mixed Persian and Circassian origin.
As an historian, biographer, jurist, teacher and scholar of Islamic theology, he was one of the most prolific writers of the Middle Ages.
His biographical dictionary Bughyat al-wu?ah fi ?abaqat al-lughawiyin wa-al-nu?ah contains valuable accounts of prominent figures in the early development of Arabic philology.
He was appointed to a chair in the mosque of Baybars in Cairo in 1486, and was an adherent of the Shafii madhhab and a late authority of the Hanbali School.
He was one of the Ashabun-Nazzar (Assessors) in his degree of ijtihad.