Hasan Kafi Pruščak

Hasan Kafi Pruščak (November/December 1544 – 9 October 1615) was a Bosnian Hanafi scholar, philosopher, historian, writer, poet, Maturidi theologian, philologist and "qadi" (judge) who studied in Bosnia and Istanbul.

Hasan Kafi Pruščak
BornNovember/December 1544
Prusac, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died9 October 1615(1615-10-09) (aged 70)
Prusac, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
LanguageBosnian, Ottoman Turkish
Notable worksNur al-Yaqin fi Usul al-Din (Commentary of al-Tahawi's epistle on Islamic creed)

He is considered to be the most significant figure of the area's scientific, cultural and intellectual life in the 16th and early 17th centuries, as well as one of the most important Bosnian thinkers.

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