Sheikh Al-Islam (B.
1619, Ankara- D. 1687, Istanbul).
He was known with Ankaravî nickname. He received his
primary school education from his lawyer father Hüseyin Efendi. He received
madrasah education in Istanbul.
He worked as a kadi in Bursa,
Yenişehir, Egyptand Istanbul during the Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha.
He was promoted as Anatolian Kadi-ul asker. He became
Sheikh Al-Islam in 1686. He was buried next to Kavacıdede Shrine around Sultan
Selim in Istanbul.
WORKS:
El-Fetavaü’l-Ankaravî, Tenvir’e Haşiye.
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).
