List of al-Azhar sheikhs

This is a list of the al-Azhar sheikhs . The head of the Azhar Mosque , also known as the Grand Imam, is considered the highest authority in Sunni Islam . He heads both the Azhar Mosque and the Azhar University attached to it . Different people were at the top several times.

This is an overview of the al-Azhar Sheikhs ( Sg.Sg.Saiḫ al-Azhar ) who were in this position at the head of the mosque founded by the Fatimid dynasty in 970 (there are different counts):

Overview

1. (? -1690) Sheikh Muhammad al-Charashi
2. (1690-1694) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Baramawi
3. (1694–1708) Sheikh Muhammad al-Nasharti
4. (1708-1711) Sheikh Abd al-Baqi al-Qillini
5. (1711-1720) Sheikh Muhammad Schannan
6. (1720-1724) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Fayyumi
7. (1724–1757) Sheikh Abd-Allah al-Shabrawi
8. (1757–1767) Sheikh Muhammad al-Hifni
9. (1767–1768) Sheikh Abd al-Ra'uf al-Sidschini
10. (1768–1776) Sheikh Ahmad al-Damanhuri
11. (1778–1793) Sheikh Ahmad al-Arusi
12. (1793–1812) Sheikh Abd-Allah al-Sharqawi
13. (1812-1818) Sheikh Muhammad al-Shanawani
14. (1818–1829) Sheikh Muhammad al-Arusi
15. (1829-1830) Sheikh Ahmad al-Damhugi
16. (1830-1834) Sheikh Hasan al-Attar
17. (1834–1838) Sheikh Hassan al-Quwaisni
18. (1838–1847) Sheikh Ahmad Abd al-Jawwad
19. (1847-1860) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Bayguri
20. (1864-1870) Sheikh Mustafa al-Arusi
21. (1870-1882) Sheikh Muhammad al-Abbasi
22. (1882-1882) Sheikh Muhammad al-Inbabi
23. (1882-1886) Sheikh Muhammad al-Abbasi
24. (1886–1895) Sheikh Muhammad al-Inbabi
25. (1896–1900) Sheikh Hassuna al-Nawawi
26. (1900–1900) Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Nawawi
27. (1900-1904) Sheikh Selim al-Bishri
28. (1904–1905) Sheikh Ali al-Biblawi
29. (1905–1909) Sheikh Abd al-Rahman al-Schirbini
30. (1909–1909) Sheikh Hassuna al-Nawawi
31. (1909-1916) Sheikh Selim al-Bishri
32. (1916–1927) Sheikh Muhammad Abu al-Fadl al-Gizawi
33. (1928–1929) Sheikh Muhammad Mustafā al-Marāghī
34. (1929–1935) Sheikh Muhammad al-Ahmadi al-Zawahri
35. (1935–1945) Sheikh Muhammad Mustafā al-Marāghī
36. (1945–1947) Sheikh Mustafā ʿAbd ar-Rāziq
37. (1948–1950) Sheikh Muhammad Ma'mun al-Shinnawi
38. (1950–1951) Sheikh Abd al-Majid Selim
39. (1951–1952) Sheikh Ibrahim Hamrusch
40. (1952–1952) Sheikh Abd al-Majid Selim
41. (1952–1954) Sheikh Muhammad al-Chidr Husayn
42. (1954–1958) Sheikh Abd al-Rahman Taj
43. (1958–1963) Sheikh Mahmūd Schaltūt
44. (1963–1969) Sheikh Hassan Ma'mun
45. (1969–1973) Sheikh Muhammad Muhammad al-Fahham
46. (1973–1978) Sheikh ʿAbd al-Halīm Mahmūd
47. (1979-1982) Sheikh Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Bisar
48. (1982–1996) Sheikh Jād al-Haqq ʿAlī Jād al-Haqq
49. (1996-2010) Sheikh Muhammad Sayid Tantawi
50. (2010-present) Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb

Source:

See also

• Grand Mufti of Egypt ( Shawki Ibrahim Allam )

Web links

• sunnah.org: The Grand Imams of Al-Azhar Shuyukhul Azhar
• german.irib.ir: Mursi wants to replace al-Azhar Sheikh ( IRIB , Friday, July 20, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Grand Imams of Al-Azhar Shuyukhul Azhar. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .