Erudito, storico e muftı̄: la figura di Abū l‐Wafāʾ b. ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al‐Wahhāb al‐ʿUrḍī al‐ Šāfiʿī di Aleppo (993‐1071/1585‐1660) nelle fonti biograficoletterarie.

This article presents an overview of a notable family of Aleppo, the al-‘Urḍī /’Urḍī–zāda who was mainly active and became prominent in the late 16th and most of the 17th centuries. Based on literary and archival material, the author focuses in particular on the figure of Abū l-Wafā’ al-‘Urdi (d. 1660), a well-known jurist, shafiite muftī and historian. His unfinished magnum opus, the biographical compilation entitled Maʿādin al-ḏahab fi’l-aʿyān al-mušarrafa bi-him Ḥalab [The Gold mines regarding the distinguished personalities by whom Aleppo is ennobled] is one of the last examples of local historiography and provides first-hand insight into the life of ottoman Aleppo. In addition, the article presents a selection of unpublished documents from the city’s Sharia Court Records which bear witness to the socio-economic role of Abū l-Wafā’ al-‘Urdi and his family as part of the local elite.