al-Abshihi, Abu al-Fath
الأبشيهي أبو الفتح
1388 CE · 790 AH – 1448 CE · 852 AH
Egyptian man of letters and author of the Mamluk period who gathered anecdotes and curiosities in his books.
At a glance
- Roles
- writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
أبو الفتح محمد بن أحمد بن منصور الأبشيهي أديب ومؤلف مصري في العصر المملوكي. جمع في كتبه الأخبار والطرائف. 1
التواريخ
وُلد سنة 790هـ (1388م) وتوفي سنة 852هـ (1448م). 1
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Arab naming of children after plants· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina· Salim ibn Umayr's mission to kill Abu Afak· Umayr ibn Adi al-Khatmi's mission to kill Asma' bint Marwan· The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.183
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Abshihi, Abu al-Fath”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-abshihi-muhammad-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.