Ibn Shāhīn al-Ẓāhirī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Loiseau, Julien
Leiden
Brill
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Ghars al-Dīn Khalīl Ibn Shāhīn al-Shaykhī al-Ẓāhirī (813-73/1410-68), known as Ibn Shāhīn, was a statesman, courtier, and learned man of the Mamlūk sultanate. He was representative of the state's ninth-/fifteenth-century elites who blurred the lines between the military society and civilian, legal, and religious notables. Like his contemporary Ibn Taghrībirdī (812-74/1409-70), Ibn Shāhīn was of Mamlūk descent (walad al-nās). He was born and trained in Islamic sciences in Jerusalem, where his father had served in several positions.