Burhān al-Dīn al-Bulghārī

Author of al-Fawāʾid (or al-Farāʾid) al-Burhāniyya, a gloss on al-Fanārī’s commentary that TDV counts, with Qul Aḥmad’s, among the important glosses on it.

Life

No biography of Burhān al-Dīn is available in the reference works consulted; even his dates are unknown. Manuscript catalogues give his full name as Burhān al-Dīn b. Kamāl al-Dīn b. Ḥumayd al-Bulghārī. A copy of his gloss in Princeton was made in 1061/1651, so he must have written before that date; the Qalamos manuscript database likewise places his activity before 1067 (1656–57), and Ḥājjī Khalīfa (d. 1067/1657) already lists the work.

Besides his gloss on al-Fanārī, the Qalamos database lists a gloss by him on the opening part of Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s on al-Risāla al-Shamsiyya, another textbook.

Uncertain or disputed

His dates: only ‘before 1061/1651’ can be inferred from a dated copy.
The title: TDV and Ḥājjī Khalīfa have al-Fawāʾid al-Burhāniyya; the Princeton and German catalogues have al-Farāʾid al-Burhāniyya fī taḥqīq al-Fawāʾid al-Fanāriyya. Ahmet Kayacık calls it el-Fevaidi’l-Bulgariyye.
The sources consulted say nothing about his origin or the meaning of the nisba al-Bulghārī.

Works

al-Farāʾid al-Burhāniyya fī taḥqīq al-Fawāʾid al-Fanāriyya الفَرَائِدُ البُرْهَانِيَّةُ فِي تَحْقِيقِ الفَوَائِدِ الفَنَارِيَّة — on al-FanārīCalled al-Fawāʾid al-Burhāniyya by TDV and Ḥājjī Khalīfa, who gives its opening (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi alladhī zayyana l-adhhān) and calls it an easy gloss compared with Qul Aḥmad’s. Printed in Istanbul with al-Fanārī and Qul Aḥmad ([1858]).gloss
Ḥāshiya ʿalā Ṣadr al-Rāzī li-l-Risāla al-Shamsiyya حَاشِيَةٌ عَلَى صَدْرِ الرَّازِيِّ لِلرِّسَالَةِ الشَّمْسِيَّةA gloss on the opening part of Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s commentary on the Shamsiyya (manuscripts in Berlin and elsewhere, per Qalamos).gloss

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