Ibn Taghrī Birdī, Nujūm (P) 7: 596, 5 - 16 (T)

Reference
7: 596, 5 - 16 (T)
Text
و توفى قاضى الضاة سراج الدين عمر بن موسى الحمصى الشافعى فى صفر بطالا و قد اناف على الثمانين و كان مولده
بحمص و بها نشأ و طلب العلم و قدم القاهرة و حضر دروس السراج البلقينى و ناب فى الحكم عن ولده قاضى القضاة
جلال الدين عبد الرحمان سنينا كثيرة ثم ولى القضاء بالوجه القبلى ثم نقل الى قضاء طرابلس ثم قضائ حلب ثم قضاء
دمشق غير مرة و رشح هو نفسه لقضاء الديار المصرية و كتابة السر بها فلم يقع ذلك ثم ولى فى اواخر عمره تدريس
مقام الامام اشافعى ثم عزل و اخرج الى البلاد الشأمية فمات بها وكان يستحضر من فروع مذهبه طرفا وله نظم بحسب
الحال و هو الذى كان نظم صداق كريمتى على قاضى القضاة جلال الدين البلقينى اكثر من ثلاثمائة بيت رحمه الله تعالى
Summary
02/0861:
Qadi l-qudat Sirāj al-Dīn ʿUmar b. Mūsā al-Ḥimṣī al-Shāfiī passed away in 02/0861 as a baṭṭāl. He was aged over 80. He was born and raised in Ḥimṣ, where he studied. He then came to Cairo and attended the lectures of al-Sirāj al-Bulqīnī. He was a nāʾib ḥukm of his father, qadi l-qudat Jalāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, for many years. Then, he was appointed as qadi of al-Wajh al-Qiblī. Following, he was transferred to the office of qadi of Tripoli, then of Aleppo and then of Damascus, (being transferred among these offices) more than once. He nominated himself for the office of qadi of the Egyptian domains and that of its kātib sirr, but that didn’t happen. By the end of his life, he was appointed as mudarris at the Maqām al-ʾImām al-Shāfiʿī. He was then removed from that office, and was removed to the Syrian domains, where he died. He knew by heart some of the furūʿ of his madhhab, and has written some relatively good poetry. He was the one who had composed the dowry (ode) (ṣadāq) of my sister, when she married qadi l-qudat Jalāl al-Dīn al-Bulqīnī, which consisted of 300 verses.
God have mercy upon him!
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Practice (10)

Date Type Spec. Actor 1 Actor 2 Source Extra
0838-02-06 Appointing qāḍī (Ṭarābulus/Tripoli) unknown ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Appointing qadi (Tarabulus/Tripoli) unknown 'Umar al-Himsi
0838-02-06 Appointing qāḍī (general) (Ḥalab/Aleppo) unknown ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Appointing qadi (general) (Halab/Aleppo) unknown 'Umar al-Himsi
0838-02-06 Appointing qāḍī (al-Wajh al-Qiblī) unknown ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Appointing qadi (al-Wajh al-Qibli) unknown 'Umar al-Himsi
0838-02-06 Appointing qāḍī quḍāt (Damascus) unknown ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Appointing qadi qudat (Damascus) unknown 'Umar al-Himsi
0855-12-29 Ordering travel unknown ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Ordering travel unknown 'Umar al-Himsi
0855-12-29 Appointing mudarris maqām ʾimām Shāfiʿī (al-Qāhira/Cairo) unknown ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Appointing mudarris maqam `imam Shafi'i (al-Qahira/Cairo) unknown 'Umar al-Himsi
0855-12-29 Discharging mudarris maqām ʾimām Shāfiʿī (al-Qāhira/Cairo) unknown ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Discharging mudarris maqam `imam Shafi'i (al-Qahira/Cairo) unknown 'Umar al-Himsi
0861-02-01 Dying ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Dying 'Umar al-Himsi
0861-02-01 Ending term baṭṭāl ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī Ending term battal 'Umar al-Himsi
0861-02-28 Requesting mansab ʿUmar al-Ḥimṣī unknown Requesting mansab 'Umar al-Himsi unknown

Places (6)