al-Fāsī, Taqī l-Dīn - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Meloy, John Lash
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Taqī l-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fāsī (775-832/1373-1429) was a religious scholar, jurist, and historian. Born in Mecca to a notable family of scholars and jurists, al-Fāsī was raised in Medina and educated there and in Mecca, Egypt, Syria, and Yemen. In Mecca, he served as Mālikī chief judge and professor of Mālikī law, but he is most famous for his historical writing. On his father's side, the family claimed descent from the Prophet through his grandson, al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (d. 49/