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Aqa Jamal was highly respected by the [[Safavid]] kings. Concerning his relationships with the Safavid government, mention could be made of his attendance in [[Sultan Husayn Safawi]]'s enthroning ceremony, his advising the king to select the appropriate person for the position of [[Shaykh al-Islam]] in Isfahan in 1115/1703 leading to the selection of [[Muhammad Salih al-Khatunabadi]], his accompanying Sultan Husayn, together with Muhammad Baqir al-Khatunabadi, in his travel to [[Mashhad]] in 1119/1707, and receiving a robe from the king in 1120/1708.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Dawāzdah risāla-yi fiqhī'', p. 680; Khātūnābādī, ''Waqāyiʿ al-sinīn wa l-aʿwām'', p. 550.</ref> He also worked as a judge for a while<ref>Tunikābunī, ''Qiṣaṣ al-ʿulamāʾ'', p. 329.</ref> and said prayers for the corpse of [[al-'Allama al-Majlisi]].<ref>Rawḍātī, ''Duguftār'', p. 61.</ref> | Aqa Jamal was highly respected by the [[Safavid]] kings. Concerning his relationships with the Safavid government, mention could be made of his attendance in [[Sultan Husayn Safawi]]'s enthroning ceremony, his advising the king to select the appropriate person for the position of [[Shaykh al-Islam]] in Isfahan in 1115/1703-4 leading to the selection of [[Muhammad Salih al-Khatunabadi]], his accompanying Sultan Husayn, together with Muhammad Baqir al-Khatunabadi, in his travel to [[Mashhad]] in 1119/1707, and receiving a robe from the king in 1120/1708-9.<ref>Jaʿfarīyān, ''Dawāzdah risāla-yi fiqhī'', p. 680; Khātūnābādī, ''Waqāyiʿ al-sinīn wa l-aʿwām'', p. 550.</ref> He also worked as a judge for a while<ref>Tunikābunī, ''Qiṣaṣ al-ʿulamāʾ'', p. 329.</ref> and said prayers for the corpse of [[al-'Allama al-Majlisi]].<ref>Rawḍātī, ''Duguftār'', p. 61.</ref> | ||
Because of his extensive knowledge and his power to express scholarly issues without any complexity, some Safavid kings asked him to translate or explain some Arabic books to them.<ref>Khwānsārī, ''Sharḥ ghurar al-ḥikam'', p. 21.</ref> And they sometimes asked him some questions in [[fiqh]] and Islamic beliefs, and in reply to them he wrote some short essays. His essays on [[khums]] and visiting the graves are cases in point. | Because of his extensive knowledge and his power to express scholarly issues without any complexity, some Safavid kings asked him to translate or explain some Arabic books to them.<ref>Khwānsārī, ''Sharḥ ghurar al-ḥikam'', p. 21.</ref> And they sometimes asked him some questions in [[fiqh]] and Islamic beliefs, and in reply to them he wrote some short essays. His essays on [[khums]] and visiting the graves are cases in point. | ||