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  "ar": "ابن فضل الله العمري",
  "en": "Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari"
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  "ar": "شهاب الدين أحمد بن فضل الله العمري (٧٠٠-٧٤٩هـ)؛ كاتب السر في ديوان الإنشاء بدولة المماليك ومؤلف «مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار» و«التعريف بالمصطلح الشريف». اعتذر في مقدمة مسالكه بأنه لم يُتِهم في تهامة ولا أعرق في عراق — فكتابه جمعٌ من الكتب والأفواه لا من المشاهدة {cite:umari-masalik-1924 p. 14}.",
  "en": "Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari (700–749 AH), head of the Mamluk chancery's correspondence bureau and author of Masalik al-Absar and al-Ta'rif bi'l-Mustalah al-Sharif — who begged the reader's pardon that he 'had not braved Tihama nor plunged into Iraq': a compiler from books and informants, not a traveller {cite:umari-masalik-1924 p. 14}."
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   "note": "نحو 700هـ؛ التحويل مشتق."
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   "edtf": "1349",
   "hijri": "0749",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "سنة 749هـ؛ التحويل مشتق."
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   "edtf": "1301",
   "hijri": "0700",
   "calendar": "julian",
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   "note": "نحو 700هـ؛ التحويل مشتق."
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   "edtf": "1349",
   "hijri": "0749",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "سنة 749هـ؛ التحويل مشتق."
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "مسالك الأبصار (ط 1924) مقدمة المؤلف ص 14",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "run": "lib-geo-umari-1"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "شهاب الدين أحمد بن فضل الله العمري (700-749هـ)، كاتب السر في ديوان الإنشاء بدولة المماليك. من مؤلفاته «مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار» و«التعريف بالمصطلح الشريف». {cite:umari-masalik-1924 p.14}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "كتابه في المسالك",
     "markdown": "اعتذر في مقدمة [[work/masalik-al-absar|مسالك الأبصار]] بأنه لم يُتِهم في تهامة ولا أعرق في عراق. فكتابه جمع من الكتب والأفواه لا من المشاهدة. {cite:umari-masalik-1924 p.14}\n\nتاريخا الميلاد والوفاة بالتقويم الميلادي مشتقان من التاريخ الهجري، وليسا منصوصاً عليهما."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
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    "lang": "ar",
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari (700–749 AH), secretary of the royal secrets in the chancery of the Mamluk state. Among his works are *Masalik al-Absar fi Mamalik al-Amsar* (Paths of Vision through the Realms of the Cities) and *al-Ta'rif bi al-Mustalah al-Sharif* (An Introduction to the Noble Terminology). {cite:umari-masalik-1924 p.14}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His book on the routes",
     "markdown": "In the introduction to [[work/masalik-al-absar|Masalik al-Absar]] he apologises that he was not accused in Tihama nor more deeply versed in Iraq. His book is therefore a gathering from books and from the speech of informants, not from first-hand observation. {cite:umari-masalik-1924 p.14}\n\nThe Gregorian dates of his birth and death are derived from the Hijri dates, and are not stated in the source."
    }
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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