Sutayta al-Mahamali, Mathematician and jurist of Baghdad

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ScholarMathematician and jurist of Baghdad

Sutayta al-Mahamaliستيتة المحاملي

Approximate dateBaghdad

A Baghdad scholar praised for her skill in the arithmetic of inheritance and in law.

Daughter of the judge al-Husayn al-Mahamili, she studied Arabic, hadith and fiqh. Her biographers say she was expert in fara'id, the calculation of the Quran's inheritance shares, and gave fatwas alongside the jurists.

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