جمال الدين ابن نباتة المصري
جمال الدين ابن نباتة المصري
Jamal al-Din Ibn Nubata al-Misri, the celebrated secretary of chancery; his insha' includes the waqf titulature for Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's three endowed mushafs — 'who stretched his right hand with sword and pen' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Overview
Jamal al-Din Ibn Nubata al-Misri, a well-known man of letters and a writer of chancery documents. 2
From his chancery writing
Al-Maqqari quotes from his chancery writing a dispatch for the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan, in the three copies of the Qur'an endowed to three mosques. He also described the sultan as the one who extended his right hand with the sword and the pen. 2
His birth, death and other works need an additional source.
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 403-404
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.403-404
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islam.museum contributors. “جمال الدين ابن نباتة المصري”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-nubata-al-misri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.