Ayyub Sabri Pasha
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- 1308 AH
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Ayyub Sabri Pasha (d. 1308 AH / 1890 CE) was an Ottoman naval officer, historian, and Hanafi scholar best known for his multi-volume historical and geographical compendium on the Hijaz, Mir'at al-Haramayn (The Mirror of the Two Holy Sanctuaries) .
Background and Career
His full lineage is recorded as Ayyub Sabri Pasha ibn Sayyid Sharif al-Islam ibn al-Hajj Ahmad al-Yenishehri al-Istanbuli al-Uthmani . He adhered to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence and pursued a career within the Ottoman military and administrative apparatus . He rose to the rank of brigadier general (amir al-liwa) and served as the head of accounting in the naval department (ra'is al-muhasabat fi al-da'irah al-bahriyya), alongside working as a teacher, man of letters, and historian .
Scholarly Contributions
Ayyub Sabri authored historical, geographical, and theological works in Ottoman Turkish . He commenced the compilation of his major historical work, Mir'at al-Haramayn, in 1289 AH, completing its writing and printing across five volumes in early Jumada al-Akhirah 1306 AH; the book surveyed the topography, history, and tribes of Mecca, Medina, and the broader Arabian Peninsula . He also compiled a dedicated treatise on regional history titled Tarikh al-Wahhabiyya (History of the Wahhabis), published in Istanbul in 1296 AH .
Death
Ayyub Sabri Pasha died in Istanbul in the month of Safar 1308 AH (September–October 1890 CE) ; another report gives his death year as 1290 AH .
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List of Works
Mawsuat Mirat al-Haramayn al-Sharifayn wa Jazirat al-Arab (Encyclopedia: Mirror of the Two Holy Sanctuaries and the Arabian Peninsula) is an Ottoman Turkish historical and geographical compendium. Written over seventeen years during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II, the work provides an encyclopedic survey of Mecca, Medina, and the broader Arabian Peninsula.