Author of a well-known gloss on al-Kātī’s commentary on the Īsāghūjī, itself glossed by later scholars.
Life
The reference works consulted give little more than al-Bardaʿī’s name and death date. The Islamisation of Anatolia database calls him Muḥyī al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Bardaʿī and dates his death to 927/1521; a German manuscript catalogue gives 927, 928 or 929 (1520–23).
His gloss on al-Kātī’s opens with the words al-ḥamdu li-man ḥamduhu aḥsanu kulli l-maqūl (‘praise be to Him whose praise is the best of all that is said’), according to Ḥājjī Khalīfa, who lists it first among the glosses on al-Kātī. TDV names it, with Qaraja Aḥmad’s, among the glosses on al-Kātī.
Uncertain or disputed
- Death year: 927/1521 (Islamisation of Anatolia), or 927, 928 or 929 (German catalogue VOHD).
- Nothing about his life, teachers or place of activity is documented in the sources consulted.
Works
- Ḥāshiya ʿalā Sharḥ Īsāghūjī (Ḥāshiyat al-Bardaʿī) حَاشِيَةُ البَرْدَعِيِّ عَلَى شَرْحِ إِيسَاغُوجِي — on al-KātīCopies in Ankara (Milli Kütüphane A 1364, bound with al-Kātī’s and al-Fanārī’s commentaries), Berlin, Leipzig, Gotha and elsewhere; Ḥājjī Khalīfa mentions a further gloss on it by Yaḥyā b. Nuṣūḥ b. Isrāʾīl.gloss
Sources (5)
- Islamisation of Anatolia database: Ḥāshiyya ʿalā Sharḥ al-Isāgūjī by Muḥammad al-Bardaʿī (Milli Kütüphane A 1364)
- Leipzig KOHD manuscript record: al-Bardaʿī, Ḥāšiya ʿalā Šarḥ Īsāġūǧī (Hs. or. 5910)
- Qalamos work record: Ḥāšiyat al-Bardaʿī ʿalā Šarḥ Īsāġūǧī
- Kâtip Çelebi (Ḥājjī Khalīfa), Kashf al-ẓunūn, entry ‘Īsāghūjī’: glosses on al-Kātī
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ‘ÎSÂGŪCÎ’ (Abdulkuddüs Bingöl)