Abdullah al-Sharqawi

Egyptian writer and scholar of the Khalwati sufi order

Abd Allah ibn Hijazi al-Sharqawi
Born	1737 At Tawilah, Faqous, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt Eyalet^[1]
Died	1812 (aged 74–75)
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation(s)	Rector of al-Azhar, Head of Khalwati Sufi order, Shafi'i Scholar

Sheikh Abdullah al-Sharqawi (Arabic: عبد الله الشرقاوي) (1737 – 1812) was an Egyptian writer and scholar of the Khalwati sufi order.^[2]^[3]^[4] He was known for being the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar during the French Campaign in Egypt and Syria, and for being one of the Leaders of the resistance against the French Occupation in Egypt, he was also one of the Three Leaders to crown Mehmet Ali Pasha in 1805.

French expedition

During Napoleon's exile at St. Helena, and when writing his diaries, he states that the Azhar University is as Equal if not more, than the Sorbonne in Paris. Napoleon looked highly upon Al-Azhar Ulama as the elite of the educated class and as the leaders of the people. When he first set foot in Cairo he formed a special council (diwan) to govern the capital. a council that consists of nine Sheikhs under the chairmanship of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sharkawi, the grand Imam of Al-Azhar at that time. The formation of this council stands as an evidences of the importance of Al-Azhar and the high status of its Imams.

References

^ IslamKotob. شيوخ الأزهر 2 (in Arabic). IslamKotob.
^ onislam. http://www.onislam.net/english/reading-islam/about-muhammad/his-companions/462448-the-learned-scholar-abdullah-ibn-abbas.html, Retrieved 24 July 2014
^ islam. http://islam.ru/en/content/story/abdullah-ibn-abbas, Retrieved 24 July 2014
^ al-islam. http://www.al-islam.org/sulh-peace-treaty-imam-al-hasan-shaykh-radi-aal-yasin/ubayd-allah-ibn-abbas, Retrieved 24 July 2014

External links

http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/mashaykh_azhar.htm#Kharashi Archived 2000-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

Sunni Islam titles
Preceded by Ahmad al-Arusi	Grand Imam of Al-Azhar 1793 – 1812	Succeeded by Muhammad al-Shanawani

Al-Azhar

Al-Azhar
Mosque

Grand Imam of al-Azhar	Muhammad al-Kharashi (1679–1690) Ibrahim al-Barmawi (1690–1695) Muhammad al-Nasharti (1695–1709) Abd al-Baqi al-Qalini (1709–1709) Muhammad Shanan (1709–1720) Ibrahim al-Fayyumi (1720–1724) Abdullah al-Shubrawi (1724–1758) Muhammad al-Hiffnawi (1758–1767) Abd al-Rauf al-Sajini (1767–1769) Ahmed al-Damanhuri (1769–1778) Ahmed al-Arusi (1778–1793) Abdullah al-Sharqawi (1793–1812) Muhammed al-Shanawani (1812–1818) Muhammed al-Arusi (1818–1829) Ahmed al-Damhuji (1829–1830) Hasan al-Attar (1830–1834) Hasan al-Quwaysini (1834–1838) Ahmed al-Sa'im al-Safti (1838–1847) Ibrahim al-Bajuri (1847–1864) Mustafa al-Arusi (1864–1870) Muhammad al-Mahdi (1870–1881) Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Imbabi (1881–1882) Muhammad al-Mahdi (1882–1886) Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Imbabi (1886–1895) Hassunah al-Nawawi (1895–1899) Abd al-Rahman al-Qutb al-Nawawi (1899–1899) Salim al-Bishri (1899–1903) Ali al-Biblawi (1903–1905) Abd al-Rahman al-Shirbini (1905–1907) Hassanuh al-Nawawi (1907–1909) Salim al-Bishri (1909–1917) Muhammad al-Jizawi (1917–1927) Mustafa al-Maraghi (1927–1929) Muhammad al-Zawahiri (1929–1935) Mustafa al-Maraghi (1935–1945) Mustafa 'Abd al-Raziq (1945–1947) Muhammad Ma'mun al-Shinnawi (1948–1950) Abd al-Majid Salim (1950–1951) Ibrahim Hamrush (1951–1952) Abd al-Majid Salim (1952–1952) Muhammad al-Khadi Husayn (1952–1954) Abd al-Rahman Taj (1954–1958) Mahmud Shaltut (1958–1963) Hassan Mamoun (1963–1969) Muhammad al-Fahham (1969–1973) Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (1973–1978) Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Bisar (1978–1982) Gad al-Haq (1982–1996) Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1996–2010) Ahmed el-Tayeb (since 2010)
Fatwas	1959 Shia Fatwa

Grand Imam
of al-Azhar