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Ebu’s-su‘ud, son of Mehmed son of Mustafa al-‘Imad (Müderris, near Istanbul, 30 December 1490 [?]–Istanbul, 23 August 1574), was one of the most prominent Ottoman jurists and contributed greatly to what we came to regard as Ottoman law.
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Sariyannis, M. (2015). Ebu’s-su‘ud. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_41-1
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