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Ibn Sura

ابن صورة

1210 CE · 607 AH

Abu al-Futuh Nasir b. Ali b. Khalaf al-Ansari, 'Ibn Sura' (d. 607) — Cairo's celebrated book auctioneer; his Sunday and Wednesday sales drew the city's notables and scholars; he traveled to Alexandria to auction al-Silafi's library 1.

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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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