| Religion: | Islam |
| Dawūd al-Qayṣarī | |
| Birth Date: | c. 1260 |
| Birth Place: | Kayseri |
| Sufi Order: | Akbariyya |
| Death Date: | 751/1350 |
| Era: | 14th century |
| Occupation: | Theologian, Teacher at the first Ottoman medrese |
| Works: | Sharh Fusus al-Hikam |
| Influences: | Ibn Arabi, Qunawi |
| Influenced: | Molla Fenari |
Dawūd al-Qayṣarī was an early Ottoman Sufi scholar, philosopher and mystic. He was born in Kayseri, in central Anatolia and was the student of the Iranian scholar, Abd al-Razzaq Kāshānī (d. 1329).[1]
He was the author of over a dozen philosophical texts, many of which are still important textbooks in Shi'ite religious schools. The most important is the commentary on Ibn al-'Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam and his criticism of Ibn al-Farid's poetry. Sultan Orhan Gazi built a school for him in the town of İznik, the first case of an Ottoman state-established medrese.[2]