Maqdisi (Arabic: مقدسي) is an Arabic nisba referring to a Jerusalemite. It is derived from Bayt al-Maqdis, an Arabic name of Jerusalem, by way of the Hebrew Beit HaMikdash, the Temple. Today, the common Arabic name of Jerusalem is Al-Quds.
Al-Maqdisi (المقدسي) is used as an appellative to refer to a number of people, including:
- Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi, classical Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar
- Al-Maqdisi, medieval Arab geographer born in Jerusalem
- Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, contemporary Jordanian-Palestinian Salafi Islamist scholar
- 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 later Ottoman period
- Abu al-Walid al-Maqdisi, Founder of the Militant group Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem
See also
- Qudsi (disambiguation)
- Muqaddas (disambiguation)
- Al-Quds (disambiguation)
- Arabic name