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س م س ط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific location, a place on the bank of the Euphrates river near the border of Byzantium. It is also used to denote a person from this location, particularly a prominent scholar and leader from Damascus.

Derived headwords

سُمَيْسَاطname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A location situated on the bank of the Euphrates river, on the western side at the edge of the Roman lands.

السُمَيْسَاطِيّname
  1. 1.
    Person from Sumaysatclassical

    A person, specifically a man, who originates from or is associated with the place named Sumaysat.

السُمَيْسَاطِيَّةname
  1. 1.
    The Sumaysatiyya Khanaqahclassical

    Refers to a specific Sufi lodge or institution named after the Sumaysat region or a person from it.

Parallel reading

وهو د، بشاطئ الفرات، غربية في طرف بلاد الروم
It is a place on the bank of the Euphrates, western, at the edge of the Roman lands.
ومننه الشيخ أبو القاسم علي بن محمد بن يحيى ابن محمد السلمي الدمشقي السميساطي
And from it (i.e., associated with it) is Sheikh Abu al-Qasim Ali bin Muhammad bin Yahya bin Muhammad al-Sulami al-Dimashqi al-Sumaysati.
من أكابر الرؤساء بدمشق
He was among the greatest leaders in Damascus.
ومن أكابر المحدثين بها
And among the greatest traditionists (hadith scholars) there.
حدث عن أبيه وعن عبد الوهاب الكلابي وغيرهما
He narrated from his father and from Abd al-Wahhab al-Kilabi and others.
ولجده سماع من عثمان بن محمد الذهبي
And his grandfather had a hearing (i.e., heard hadith) from Uthman bin Muhammad al-Dhahabi.
روى عنه أبو بكر الخطيب، وأبو القاسم النسيب، وابن قيس المالكي
Abu Bakr al-Khatib, Abu al-Qasim al-Nasib, and Ibn Qais al-Maliki narrated from him.
وهو واقف الخانقاه السميساطية بها
And he was the founder/endower of the Sumaysatiyya Khanaqah there.
توفي سنة ودفن بالخانقاه المذكورة
He died in the year [year omitted] and was buried in the aforementioned Khanaqah.