Yaqut al-Mustaʿsimi
Yaqut al-Mustaʿsimi ( Arabic ياقوت المستعصمي, DMG Yāqūt al-Mustaʿṣimī ; actually Abu al-Madschd Jamal ad-Din Yaqut bin ʿAbd Allah al-Mustaʿsimi ; * in Amasya ; † around 1298 in Baghdad ) was an Arabic calligrapher .
Life
He received the Nisba "al-Mustaʿsimi" from the last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim bi-'llah , who acquired him as a servant in childhood and had him raised and trained. The origin of Yaqut al-Mustaʿsimi is unclear. Possibly he was of Turkish or Rhomean origin from Amasya. According to a tradition from Qadi Ahmad, Yaqut was of Ethiopian origin.
Yaqut lived in Baghdad almost his entire life. Under the Abbasids he worked as a librarian in the al-Mustansiriyya Madrasa . He survived the conquest of Baghdad by the Mongols by hiding in a minaret. Yaqut later gained the favor of the wazir Shams ad-Din al-Juwaini.
reception
Rafik Schami mentions Yakut al-Musta'simi in his novel The Secret of the Calligrapher (2008), where he is mentioned as the founder of a secret society and describes himself as a student of Ibn Muqla .
literature
- Sheila R. Canby, in: The Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition , sv YĀḲŪT al-MUSTAʿṢIMĪ.
- Muhittin Serin, in: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi , sv YÂKŪT el-MÜSTA'SIMÎ
Web links
- Yaqut al-Mustaʿsimi (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafik Schami : The secret of the calligrapher . Hanser, Munich 2008, p. 402.
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SURNAME | Yaqut al-Mustaʿsimi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | arabic calligrapher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amasya |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1298 |
Place of death | Baghdad |