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Molla Fenari

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Molla Fenari, full name Mulla Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fanari, known in Turkish as Molla Semseddin Mehmed Fenari, lived from 1350 to 1431 and was an Ottoman logician, Islamic theologian, Islamic legal scholar and mystical philosopher of the school of Ibn Arabi.

Facts
Birth Year
1350 3
Office Held
Qadi of the military (from 1424), an office that became the Sheikh ul-Islam 2
Classification
Nationality
Ottoman Empire (Historical) 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Islamic Philosophy 2
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In Branch

Source Shams al-Din al-Fanari (Wikipedia)

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Sources
1. Shams al-Din al-Fanari (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    was an Ottoman logician
  • In Branch: Logic, Lead
    Mulla Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fanari (Arabic: محمد بن حمزة الفناري, Turkish: Molla Şemseddin Mehmed Fenari), 1350-1431, known in short as Molla Fenari was an Ottoman logician, Islamic theologian, Islamic legal scholar, and mystical philosopher of the school of Ibn ʿArabī.
  • In Group: Islamic Philosophy Of Religion, Lead
    Mulla Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn Hamzah al-Fanari (Arabic: محمد بن حمزة الفناري, Turkish: Molla Şemseddin Mehmed Fenari), 1350-1431, known in short as Molla Fenari was an Ottoman logician, Islamic theologian, Islamic legal scholar, and mystical philosopher of
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2. Shams al-Din al-Fanari, Wikipedia
Administrative career
Quote, Administrative career
In 1424 Murad appointed him as the qādī of the military, a position which would evolve over the next century into the Sheikh ul-Islam.
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3. Wikidata: Molla Fenari
  • Wikidata Q6896332, class allow-list match, case-insensitive label variant (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/resolve_ci.ps1)
  • Wikidata Q6896332 (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/propfill_year.ps1)
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