Khidr Bey
Khidr Beg خضر بك | |
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| Title | Khidr Maturidi |
| Main interest(s) | Aqidah, Kalam (Islamic theology), Logic, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Arabic prosody, Literature, Tafsir |
| Notable work(s) | Jawahir al-'Aqa'id, better known as: al-Qasida al-Nuniyya ("Ode Rhyming in the Letter Nun [N]") |
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Influenced by
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Khidr
Biography
He was born in
His three sons, Ya'kub Pasha, Mufti Ahmad Pasha and Sinan Pasha, were also notable scholars, the latter being the author of the famous Tadarru'dt.
Death
After the conquest of Istanbul in 857/1453, he was appointed its first kadi, in which post he remained until his death in 863/1458-9. He is buried in the Zeyrek quarter of Istanbul, where he also built the mosque later attributed to a certain Hadjdji Kadin.
He was buried next to the tomb of
Works
Although Khidr Beg is reputed to have introduced the versified
The first, a didactic qasida in the basit metre on the creed, is known as the Nuniyya and has been the subject of several commentaries, most notably that by his pupil al-Khayali.
Another qasida, also a Nuniyya, also called Jawahir al-'Aqa'id (
Finally, there is a Mustazad, in a
See also
- Abu Hanifa
- Abu Mansur al-Maturidi
- Shams al-Din al-Fanari
- Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani
- Al-Sharif al-Jurjani
- Akmal al-Din al-Babarti
- Ibn Kemal
- Ebussuud Efendi
- Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari
- Muhammed Hamdi Yazır
- Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
- Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
- Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi
- List of Ash'aris and Maturidis
- List of Muslim theologians
Notes
- ^ The name Hıdırbey is originally Khidr Bey, Lord Khidr.
References
- H.A.R. Gibb (1979–1980). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill Publishers. pp. 4–5.
External links
- Cawahir al-'Akaid of Hızır Bey
- Hızır Çelebi (Hızır Bey) (in Turkish)
- Hızır Çelebi (Hızır Bey) (in Turkish)
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