Grand Imam of al-Azhar

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The title of the Grand Imam of al-Azhar was officially established in 1961. In the 14th century the head of al-Azhar was granted the title of <i>Mushrif of al-Azhar</i>, then later <i><a href="/facts/N%25C4%2581%25E1%25BA%2593ir/N7ccAo6a">Nazir</a></i> of Al-Azhar<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and, during the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman Empire</a>, the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar. Today the bearer of the title also carries the title of the Grand Sheikh.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_grand_imams_of_al-Azhar/PM7PRb7t">List of grand imams of al-Azhar</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Dodge, Bayard (1961), <i>Al-Azhar: A Millennium of Muslim learning</i>, <a href="/facts/Middle_East_Institute/HQeP6l2w">Middle East Institute</a></li>
<li>Beattie, Kirk J. (2000), <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdf3pVg2jgC"><i>Egypt during the Sadat years</i></a>, Palgrave Macmillan, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-312-23246-7</li>
<li>Bennett, Clinton (2005), <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D0vYYovH7OQC"><i>Muslims and modernity: an introduction to the issues and debates</i></a>, Continuum International Publishing Group, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-8264-5481-2</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Beattie 2000, p. 225 - Beattie, Kirk J. (2000), Egypt during the Sadat years, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-312-23246-7 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdf3pVg2jgC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdf3pVg2jgC</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Bennett 2005, p. 220 - Bennett, Clinton (2005), Muslims and modernity: an introduction to the issues and debates, Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-8264-5481-2 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=D0vYYovH7OQC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=D0vYYovH7OQC</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Dodge 1961, p. 83 - Dodge, Bayard (1961), Al-Azhar: A Millennium of Muslim learning, Middle East Institute <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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