Ahdari
Sayyidi ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad ibn Sayyidi ʿĀmir al-Akẖḍarī al-Bīsīkrī (1512–1575), better known as Al-Akẖḍari, was an Arab poet, logician, astronomer and Maliki jurist. He was the author of the highly popular didactic poem "Al-Sullam al-murawnaq fī ʻilm al-manṭiq ("The Ornamented Ladder into the Science of Logic"). The 144-line poem, a versification of Al-Abhari's Kitab al-Isaghuji, outlines the principles of Islamic logic and explains how logic could be used to support the Islamic creed ('aqidah) and jurisprudence (fiqh).
Also recorded as ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmān Ibn-Muḥammad al- Aḫḍarī
Ahdari
- Name
- Sayyidi ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad Al-Akhdari
- Born
- 1515
- Birthplace
- Biskra
- Died
- 1575
- Occupation
- Ulama, astronomer, logician, poet, jurist
- Nationality
- Regency of Algiers · Ottoman Empire
- Languages
- Arabic · Turkish · Ottoman Turkish
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Sayyidi ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad ibn Sayyidi ʿĀmir al-Akẖḍarī al-Bīsīkrī (1512–1575), better known as Al-Akẖḍari, was an Arab poet, logician, astronomer and Maliki jurist. He was the author of the highly popular didactic poem "Al-Sullam al-murawnaq fī ʻilm al-manṭiq ("The Ornamented Ladder into the Science of Logic"). The 144-line poem, a versification of Al-Abhari's Kitab al-Isaghuji, outlines the principles of Islamic logic and explains how logic could be used to support the Islamic creed ('aqidah) and jurisprudence (fiqh).
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The work is studied across the Muslim world as a primer on logic and is often read in conjunction with al-Akhdari's own prose commentary. He is also known to have written another work, "al-Jawhar ul-Maknun or "Al-Jawahir al-Maknuna fi'l-ma'ni wa'l-bayan wa'l-badi.
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Key facts
• Name — Sayyidi ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad Al-Akhdari • Native Name — سيدي عبد الرحمن بن محمد الأخضري • Religion — Sunni Islam • Lineage — Dynasty of Al-Akhdari • Other Names — Ibn Al-Akhdari • Born — 1515 • Birthplace — Biskra • Died — 1575 • Home Town — Biskra, Algeria • Occupation — Ulama, astronomer, logician, poet, jurist
Origin
Origin
Al-Akẖḍarī was born in Biskra in present-day Algeria, plus an account in an Sherifian Arab family (noble descendant) of the Arab tribe Banu al-Akhdari the region of Ibb in Yemen present in Algeria since the 680s, best known in Morocco, Algeria and Libya as Kābilāt Al-Akḥdārīyyāh.
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Al-Akhdari wrote many works on several sciences including intellectual, Shari'a, fiqh, linguistics, mathematics, and astronomy. • Al-Sullam al-munawraq fī ʻilm al-manṭiq ("The Ornamented Ladder into the Science of Logic"): a 144-line poem on Islamic logic. This work was translated by the French orientalist Lucien in 1921 CE and he considered it one of the greatest international books. • «مختصر الأخضري في العبادات» على مذهب الإمام مالك • «نظم الجوهر المكنون في ثلاثة فنون: في علم البلاغة والبيان والبديع» • «حلية اللب المصون على الجواهر المكنون» • «منظومة الدرة البيضاء في الفرائض والحساب» • «منظومة الدرة البيضاء في أحسن الفنون والأشياء» • «نظم السلم المرونق في المنطق» • «شرح السلم المرونق المذكور» • «نظم السراج في علم الفلك» • «نظم منثور ابن آجروم الدرر البهية على نظم الاجرومية» • «نظم أزهر المطالب في هيئة الأفلاك والكواكب في علم الاسطرلاب» • «قصيدة مدح النبي خالد بن سنان» • «شعر القدسية واللامية في التصوف»
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1512
Ahdari born.
1575
Ahdari died at Biskra.
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The authorities additionally record the heading ʿAbd-ar-Raḥmān Ibn-Muḥammad al- Aḫḍarī. His recorded languages were Arabic, Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Persian. His recorded confession was Islam. Recorded as literary scholar, poet and writer.
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