Daniyal ibn Mankali
- Died
- 696 AH
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Daniyal ibn Mankali (617–696 AH / 1221–1297 CE) was a Shafi'i jurist, Quran reciter, and hadith transmitter who served as a judge in al-Shawbak and the district of Damascus .
Background and Education
His full name was Diya' al-Din Abu al-Fada'il (also given as Abu al-Fadl) Daniyal ibn Mankali ibn Sarfa al-Turkumani al-Karaki . He was born in Dhu al-Hijjah 617 AH (1221 CE) .
He traveled widely to study hadith, law, and recitation across major regional centers. In al-Karak, he heard hadith from Ibn al-Latti . In Damascus, he studied the variant Quranic readings under Alam al-Din al-Sakhawi and heard narrations from Karima and al-Murajja ibn Qumayra . In Baghdad, his teachers included Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Sa'id Ibn al-Khazin, Ibn al-Manni, Hibat Allah ibn al-Dawami, Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khallal al-Arraji (also vocalized as al-Nakhkhal), al-Mu'taman ibn Qumayra, Abu al-Waqt ibn Abdan, and Ibrahim ibn al-Khayyir . In Cairo, he heard from Ibn al-Jummayzi and Yusuf al-Sawi, and in Aleppo, from Yusuf ibn Khalil .
Career and Scholarly Standing
After completing his studies, he returned to his home region and was appointed judge of al-Shawbak . He later relocated to Damascus, where he presided as judge over several localities within its administrative dependency, before returning to his judicial post in al-Shawbak .
Biographers described him as a distinguished jurist, accomplished reciter, and dignified figure of handsome appearance and tall stature . A collection of his teachers and transmissions (Mashyakha) was compiled for him by Ala' al-Din Ali ibn Balban—and in another recension by Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Kinji—and was read back to him by Sharaf al-Din al-Fazari in Jumada al-Akhira 680 AH . Additionally, Ibn Ja'wan assembled a collection of forty high-chain narrations (arba'un min 'awalihi) from him . Among those who transmitted from him were al-Mizzi, Alam al-Din al-Birzali, and Sanjar al-Jawli, the latter of whom heard the entirety of Musnad al-Shafi'i under his audition .
Death
He died while holding office in al-Shawbak during Ramadan 696 AH (July/August 1297 CE) .
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List of Works
Mashyakhat Daniyal is a collection of hadith transmissions compiled from audition records and teachers across major learning centers. It documents auditory transmissions and narrations, organized under entries for individual shaykhs that feature teacher details, full chains of narration, textual reports, and technical remarks on chain statuses.