Background
lieutenant is has variously been related to a town in Transoxiana, to a town near Bursa in Anatolia and to his father"s profession as a lamp maker.
lieutenant is has variously been related to a town in Transoxiana, to a town near Bursa in Anatolia and to his father"s profession as a lamp maker.
He studied under Mevlânâ Alâuddîn Esved, Cemâleddîn Aksarâyî, Hamîduddîn-i Kayserî.
Fanari"s family history and his birthplace are not well known. His nasab, "Fanari", has been explained in different ways in the sources. Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I subsequently appointed Fanari judge (qadi) of Bursa in 1390.
The death of Bayezid I precipitated a civil war, which caused Fanari to leave the country, after which he lectured in Egypt and in Hejaz (part of present-day Saudi Arabia).
In 1421, Murad II ascended the throne as the sixth Ottoman Sultan and recalled Fanari to the court. He retained all three positions until the end of his life in Bursa in 1431.
During his career, he specialized in logic and jurisprudence. His work on logic was reputed throughout the Islamic world.
Some of his major writings are:
Sarh al-Isaguji or First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Feva"id al-Fenariyye: Commentary on Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī"s famous Isāghūjī fi al-Manṭiq.
Miṣbāḥ al-Uns: Commentary on Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi"s Miftāḥ al-Ghayb. Fuṣūl al-Badāʼiʻ fī uṣūl al-Sharāʼi: A work in Uṣūl al-fiqh (Principles of Islamic jurisprudence).