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al-As'ad ibn Mammati

الأسعد بن مماتي

1209 CE · 606 AH

Al-Qadi al-As'ad Ibn Mammati (d. 606, aged 62) — head of Salah al-Din's Egyptian chanceries; versified the sultan's sira and Kalila wa-Dimna; from a Christian family converted at the start of Ayyubid rule 1.

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katib · Poet
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: أبو المحاسن الشواء · Ali ibn Isma'il al-Abyari · أحمد البدوي · Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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