Muhammad ibn Iyas (June 1448 – 1522/4) is one of the most important historians in modern Egyptian history.
He was an eyewitness to the
Ottoman invasion of Egypt. He was born in Cairo and took his first education there.
His quotes have been used in many references such as his statement on Mamluk Sultan
Al-Nasir Muhammad
Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun (), commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad (), or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali () or as Ibn Qalawun (1285–1341) was the ninth Mamluk sultan of the Bahri dynasty who ruled Egypt between 129 ...
: "His name was mentioned everywhere like no other king's name. All the kings wrote to him, sent gifts to him and feared him. The whole of Egypt was in his grasp."
Work
Ibn Iyas was the author of a five-volume history of Egypt, totalling over 3,000 pages, entitled "Badāʼi al-zuhūr fī waqāʼi al-zuhūr".
*ibn Iyas, 1921,
An account of the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in the year A.H. 922 (A.D. 1516)
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15th-century Egyptian historians
1448 births
1520s deaths
16th-century Egyptian people
16th-century historians
Egyptian historians of Islam
Circassian Mamluks
Scholars from the Mamluk Sultanate
Critics of Ibn Arabi
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