Shaykh al-Islam

E157673

Islamic honorific title religious title

Shaykh al-Islam is a prestigious Islamic honorific historically bestowed upon preeminent scholars recognized for their exceptional authority in religious knowledge and jurisprudence.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Şeyhülislam	3
Shaykh al-Islam canonical	2
Sheikh ul-Islam	2
şeyhülislam	2
sadr-us-sudur (head of religious endowments)	1
shaykh	1
Şeyhülislamlık (Ottoman office of the Sheikh al-Islam)	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic honorific title ⓘ religious title ⓘ
category	Islamic honorifics ⓘ Islamic scholarly titles ⓘ
conferredBy	political authorities ⓘ religious scholars ⓘ
conferredFor	authority in issuing fatwas ⓘ exceptional religious scholarship ⓘ leadership in Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
denotes	authority in Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ authority in Islamic theology ⓘ authority in religious knowledge ⓘ preeminent Islamic scholar ⓘ
fieldOfRecognition	Islamic theology ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ fiqh ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ
hasGenderUsage	primarily male title ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin	Arabic ⓘ
hasNotableBearer	Abu Hanifa ⓘ Al-Bulqini ⓘ al‑Ghazali ⓘ surface form: Al-Ghazali Al-Nawawi ⓘ Al-Subki ⓘ Al-Suyuti ⓘ Ebussuud Efendi ⓘ Ibn Abd al-Salam ⓘ Ibn Daqiq al-Id ⓘ Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani ⓘ Ibn Hajar al-Haytami ⓘ Ibn Kathir ⓘ Ibn Taymiyyah ⓘ Ibn al-Jawzi ⓘ Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah ⓘ surface form: Ibn al-Qayyim Mustafa Sabri ⓘ Zakariyya al-Ansari ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
literalMeaning	Elder of Islam ⓘ Scholar of Islam ⓘ
relatedConcept	Grand Mufti ⓘ alim ⓘ faqih ⓘ mujtahid ⓘ
status	honorific not universally standardized ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	Ottoman period ⓘ medieval Islamic period ⓘ
usedInRegion	Anatolia ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire ⓘ Persia ⓘ Safavid Empire ⓘ
usedInReligion	Islam ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani → honorificTitle → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → hasComponent → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Şeyhülislam

Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → administeredBy → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Şeyhülislam

Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions → oversightBy → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Şeyhülislam

Qadiri → hasLeaderTitle → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: shaykh

deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II → authorizedBy → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

subject surface form: Deposition of Sultan Abdulhamid II

this entity surface form: Sheikh ul-Islam

Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey → predecessor → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Şeyhülislamlık (Ottoman office of the Sheikh al-Islam)

Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani → hasTitle → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

Ottoman law → supervisedBy → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sheikh ul-Islam

Mughal Emperor → hasPart → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: sadr-us-sudur (head of religious endowments)

qadiasker (military judge) → reportsTo → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

subject surface form: qadiasker

this entity surface form: şeyhülislam

qadiasker (military judge) → relatedTo → Shaykh al-Islam ⓘ

subject surface form: qadiasker

this entity surface form: şeyhülislam