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Apr 05, 1279 Akhmim, Sohag Governorate, Egypt Died on 05 Jun 1333 (aged 54)
Historian, encyclopedist and calligrapher (1279–1333)
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About Al Nuwayri
- Al-Nuwayri, full name Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Nuwayri (Arabic: ???? ????? ???? ?? ??? ?????? ????????, born April 5, 1279 in Akhmim, present-day Egypt – died June 5, 1333 in Cairo) was an Egyptian Muslim historian and civil servant of the Bahri Mamluk dynasty.
- He is most notable for his compilation of a 9,000-page encyclopedia of the Mamluk era, titled The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (????? ????? ?? ???? ?????, Nihayat al-arab fi funun al-adab), which pertained to zoology, anatomy, history, chronology, amongst others.
- He is also known for his extensive work regarding the Mongols' conquest of Syria.
- Al-Nuwayri started his encyclopedia around the year 1314 and completed it in 1333.
