Ibn Taghribirdi, Yusuf

ابن تغري بردي يوسف

1409 CE · 812 AH – 1469 CE · 874 AH

A Mamluk-era Hanafi historian in Egypt, author of al-Nujum al-Zahira.

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Roles
Historian
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Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi · Al-Ibshitay, Ahmad ibn Isma'il · Al-Biqa'i, Ibrahim ibn Umar · Al-Tanasi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Al-Barzali, Abu al-Qasim ibn Ahmad

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Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abd al-Razzaq al-Bitar· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni· Ahmad ibn Mustafa ibn al-Khawja· Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tifashi· Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali· Al-Baji, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Saghir

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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