Muhammad Kara Davud bin Kamal al-Izmiti (''b.'' ?; Izmit – ''d.'' 948 AH/1541 CE;

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) was an Ottoman

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known for his work on the

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of the ''

Dala'il al-Khayrat ''Dalāil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāt alá al-Nabī al-mukhtār'' (), usually shortened to ''Dala'il al-Khayrat'', is a famous collection of prayers for the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan ...

'': ''Tevfîk-i Muvaffık il-Hayrât li-Neyl'il-berekât fî Hidmet-i Menbâ'üs-sa'adât'' (), widely known as "Kara Davud".KARA DÂVÛD BİN KEMÂL - İSLAM ALİMLERİ ANSİKLOPEDİSİ

Works

* ''Talkhis-e Takrir-e Qawanin'' * ''Sharh-e Kasida-e Nuniya'' * ''Malumat'' (A work on

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and

kalam ''Ilm al-kalam'' or ''ilm al-lahut'', often shortened to ''kalam'', is the scholastic, speculative, or rational study of Islamic theology ('' aqida''). It can also be defined as the science that studies the fundamental doctrines of Islamic fai ...

. The original copy is in the Manasdır Library) * ''Mikdar-ul Qamus'' * ''Risalat Isa-Gujy''

References

{{Authority control 16th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Sufism 16th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire