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Al-Nuwayri
Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri | |
|---|---|
| أحمد بن عبد الوهاب النويري | |
| Born | 5 April 1279 |
| Died | 5 June 1333 (aged 54) Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, civil servant |
Al-Nuwayrī, full name Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayrī (Arabic: شهاب الدين أحمد بن عبد الوهاب النويري, 5 April 1279 – 5 June 1333) was an Egyptian Muslim historian and civil servant of the Bahri Mamluk dynasty. He is most notable for his compilation of a 9,000-page encyclopedia of the Mamluk era, titled The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (نهاية الأرب في فنون الأدب, Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab), which pertained to zoology, anatomy, history, chronology, amongst others.[1] He is also known for his extensive work regarding the Mongols' conquest of Syria. Al-Nuwayri started his encyclopedia around the year 1314 and completed it in 1333.[2]
- ^ Collison, Robert L. "The Arab World". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ Armstrong, Lyall (2017). "The Making of a Sufi: al-Nuwayri's Account of the Origin of Genghis Khan" (PDF). Mamlūk Studies Review. University of Chicago. doi:10.6082/M1VD6WKC. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
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