Diknqoz
- Died
- 855 AH
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Ahmad Shams al-Din al-Rumi (d. 855 AH / 1451 CE), commonly known as Diknqoz (also recorded as Dikqoz), was an Ottoman Hanafi scholar, grammarian, and educator best known for his analytical commentary on Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Mas'ud's foundational morphological manual Marah al-Arwah.
Life and career
Ahmad Shams al-Din was an Ottoman scholar affiliated with the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. He began his academic career teaching at madrasas across the Ottoman lands before receiving an appointment as a professor (mudarris) at the madrasa of Sultan Bayezid I in the city of Bursa. He served continuously in this educational post until his death in Bursa during the era of Sultan Mehmed II.
Scholarly contribution
In Arabic morphology (sarf), his commentary on Marah al-Arwah became an authoritative, widely studied textbook that explicated the manual's structural rules, terms, and phonological principles, alongside his commentary on al-Maqsud. In the field of argumentation and dialectics, he also composed glosses on Mas'ud al-Rumi's commentary on Adab al-Bahth.
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List of Works
Sharhan ala Marah al-Arwah fi Ilm al-Sarf is a composite grammatical work centered on the study of Arabic morphology (sarf). It features an analytical commentary on Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Mas'ud's foundational manual Marah al-Arwah, explicating its grammatical rules, morphological transformations, and terminology, alongside the marginal commentary al-Falah.