Islamic History · July 1, 2026

Ṣāḥib Sharaf al-Dīn Yaʿqūb b. ʿAbdullāh

He was the naẓīr (supervisor) of the Ḥalab divans. Afterwards, he was transferred to the naẓīrship of the Ṭarāblus divans. In the month of Jumādā al-Awwal of that year, he passed away in Ḥamā. He loved the ʿulamāʾ and …

He was the naẓīr (supervisor) of the Ḥalab divans. Afterwards, he was transferred to the naẓīrship of the Ṭarāblus divans. In the month of Jumādā al-Awwal of that year, he passed away in Ḥamā. He loved the ʿulamāʾ and the people of virtue. He was a generous and benevolent person. He and Qāḍī Nāṣir al-Dīn of Dimashq had served as sirr kātib (secretaries of the inner council). Moreover, he held the position of qāḍī ʿaskarī (military judge) of Ḥalab,

Samsatiyya

Ḥankāh's

Shaykh al-Shuyūkh (chief of the shaykhs),

and was a mudarris (teacher) at the

ʿAsadiyya

Madrasah in Ḥalab, as well as at the Nāṣiriyya and Shāmiyya al-Jawwāniyya Madrasahs in Dimashq.