Maqdisi

Maqdisi or Muqaddasi (Arabic: مقدسي‎) is an Arabic nisbat implying origin in Jerusalem. The word is derived from the Semitic triliteral root Q-D-S (meaning "holy") to denote the Arabic name for Jerusalem, Al Quds.

Al-Maqdisi (المقدسي) is used as an appellative to refer to a number of people, including:

• Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi, classical Sunni Islamic scholar
• Al-Maqdisi, medieval Arab geographer born in Jerusalem
• Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, contemporary Jordanian Muslim cleric
• Diya al-Din al-Maqdisi, a Hanbali Islamic scholar
• Ibn Qudamah, Imam Mawaffaq ad-Din Abdullah Ibn Ahmad Ibn Qudama al-Maqdisi, a Hanbali Islamic scholar
• Kamel al-Budeiri, governor of Ramla district during the laater Ottoman period

It is also used in Arabic names for Jerusalem, such as Bayt al-Maqdis ("holy house").

See also

• Al-Quds (disambiguation)
• Arabic name