Cemaleddin Aksarayi - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Ocak, Ahmet Yaşar
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Cemaleddin Aksarayi (Jamāl al-Dīn Aqsarāyī, d. 779/1377, 790/1388, or 791/1389) was a theologian, philosopher, and Turkish linguist, who was born and died in Aksaray, in the province of Karaman, in central Anatolia. Known also as Cemali (Jamālī), he lived during the reigns of Murad (Murād) I (761-91/1360-89). According to the genealogical tradition available in the sources, he was the great-grandson of the well-known theologian and philosopher Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 605/1209). He was made müderris (professor) at the