Fifteenth-century scholar who wrote one of the early glosses on al-Kātī’s commentary on the Īsāghūjī.
Life
Only his name, title and death date are recorded in the sources consulted. Ḥājjī Khalīfa calls him ‘our master Qaraja Aḥmad’ and gives his death as 854; German manuscript catalogues name him Shams al-Dīn Qaraja Aḥmad and date his death to 854/1450–51.
He should not be confused with the dervish Karaca Ahmed of the time of Orhan Gazi, the of a separate TDV article, who is not known for any work on .
Uncertain or disputed
- Nothing about his life, teachers or place of activity is documented in the sources consulted.
Works
- Ḥāshiya ʿalā Sharḥ Ḥusām al-Kātī ʿalā Īsāghūjī حَاشِيَةٌ عَلَى شَرْحِ حُسَامٍ الكَاتِيِّ عَلَى إِيسَاغُوجِي — on al-KātīNamed in TDV’s article on the Īsāghūjī and by Ḥājjī Khalīfa. Copies survive in Berlin, one of them dated 962/1554.gloss
Sources (6)
- Kâtip Çelebi (Ḥājjī Khalīfa), Kashf al-ẓunūn, entry ‘Īsāghūjī’: glosses on al-Kātī
- Leipzig KOHD manuscript record: Qaraǧa Aḥmad, Ḥāšiya ʿalā Šarḥ Ḥusām al-Kātī (Hs. or. 8199, copied 962/1554)
- Leipzig KOHD manuscript record: Qaraǧa Aḥmad, Ḥāšiya ʿalā Šarḥ Ḥusām al-Kātī (Hs. or. 4821)
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ‘ÎSÂGŪCÎ’ (Abdulkuddüs Bingöl)
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, ‘KARACA AHMED’ (the dervish; a different person)
- Islamisation of Anatolia database: Kātī, Ḥusām al-Dīn al-Ḥasan (glosses on his commentary)