The Life and Works of Yousef b. Hussain al-Kirmast？

Y？suf b. Hüseyin al-Kirmast？ was born in the beginning of the second quarter of the Hijri 9th century. Al-Kirmast？ spent his life in two important cities Bursa and Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. After receiving his first education from his father Fakih Hussein, he took education from the scholars of that period. One of these scholars is Muslihudd？n Mustafa b. Yusuf b. Salih, known as Hocazade, an important figure of the period. al-Kirmast？, who began to write a book when he was still a youngster, has more than twenty works in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence, the principles of Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic theology, logic and debate, especially in the rhetoric. at-Taby？n, at-Tibyan, el-Muntakhab, el-Muharrar, el-Vej？z, Hidayat alMaram fi ‘？lmi al-Kalam are some of these works. After working in various madrasahs, he worked as the director of Land Registry, the mudarris of Sahn-？ Seman and also as Muslim judge in Bursa and Istanbul. During his job as Muslim judge, he was held in high esteem and he was famous with his honest and aboveboard personality. Towards the end of his life, he focused on his academic publishing and built a madrasa, a masjid and a school in the districts of Vefa and Fatih, Istanbul. al-Kirmast？, that lived a long and fruitful life, died in Istanbul in 920/1525 and he was buried in the courtyard of the school, built by him, in Fatih district