Om Kitab Dustur al-ghara?ib wa-ma?dan al-ragha?ib and Related Texts
This is the first publication of the official correspondence of the leading religious scholar and literary figure, Shaykh Mu¿ammad ibn Abi al-¿asan al-Bakri al-¿iddiqi al-Shafi¿i Sib¿ Al al-¿asan. It provides a window into the world of an influential religious scholar in sixteenth century Cairo and his network of contacts in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Mu¿ammad al-Bakri corresponded with Sultan Murad III, the grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, and with various officials in Mecca, including the sharifian ruler of Mecca, al-¿asan ibn Abi Numayy. The collection also contains two letters addressed to Sa¿di rulers of Morocco and one to the Mughal Emperor Akbar, as well as letters to a variety of lesser Ottoman officials. It is an important source for the history of Ottoman Egypt and the Hijaz.
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