Ibn Taghribirdi

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Ibn Taghribirdi
BornJamal al-Din Ibn Yusuf
(1411-02-02)2 February 1411
Mamluk Sultanate
(modern-day Egypt)
Died5 June 1470(1470-06-05) (aged 59)
Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Resting placeCairo, Egypt
OccupationHistorian
Years activecirca 1435–1470
Notable worksAl-Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira
النجوم الزاھرۃ فی ملوک مصر والقاھرۃ

Jamal al-Din Yusuf bin al-Amir Sayf al-Din Taghribirdi (

al-Ayni and al-Maqrizi, two of the leading Cairene historians and scholars of the day.[2]

Ibn Taghribirdi's most famous work is a multi-volume chronicle of Egypt and the Mamluk sultanate called al-Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira. His style is annalistic and gives precise dates for most events; this format makes it clear that Ibn Taghribirdi had privileged access to the sultans and their records. The name "Taghribirdi" is cognate to modern Turkish "Tanrıverdi" and means god-given in Turkic languages.

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Bibliography

  • History of Egypt 1382–1469; transl. from the Arabic Annals of Abu l-Maḥāsin Ibn Taghrī Birdī by William Popper, Berkeley 1954–63.

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  1. ^ For a more complete list of variations on the spelling and form of his name, see ISNI's listing for him Ibn Taghribirdi: variations.
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  3. ^ "Ibn Taghribirdi Abu Al Mahasin Yusuf 1411 1470 Ce - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  4. ^ "Al-Nujūm al-Zāhirah fī Mulūk Miṣr wa-al-Qāhirah". www.archive.org (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-05-07.
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  6. ^ Ibn Taghrībirdī (1984). al-Manhal al-ṣāfī wa-al-mustawfá baʻda al-wāfī (in Arabic). Cairo: al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Kitāb – via www.archive.org.
  7. ^ Ibn Taghrībirdī (1990). Ḥawādith al-duhūr fī madá al-ayyām wa-al-shuhūr (in Arabic). Beirut: ʻĀlam al-Kutub. p. 613 – via www.archive.org.
  8. OCLC 39498301.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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