Jamal al-Din Yusuf bin al-Amir Sayf al-Din Taghribirdi (), or Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf ibn Taghrī-Birdī, or Ibn Taghribirdi (2 February 1411— 5 June 1470; 813–874
Hijri) was an
Islam
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ic historian born in the 15th century in
Mamluk Egypt
The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks ...
. He studied under
al-Ayni and
al-Maqrizi
Al-Maqrīzī (, full name Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī, ; 1364–1442) was a medieval Egyptian historian and biographer during the Mamluk era, known for his interest in the Fat ...
, two of the leading Cairene historians and scholars of the day.
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.
Works
* ''Al-Nujūm al-Zāhirah fī Mulūk Miṣr wa-al-Qāhirah'' (). Chronicle of period from the
Islamic conquest of Egypt in 641 to 1468.
**Edited by
William Popper. 12. vols.
Cairo
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, Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣrīyah, 1929–56.
**Miṣr al-Jadīdah, al-Qāhirah, al-Maktab al-ʻArabī lil-Maʻārif () , 2017.
* ''
al-Manhal al-ṣāfī wa-al-mustawfá baʻda al-wāfī'' (); 13-vol.
biographical dictionary
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with approx. 3000 entries celebrating the lives of sultans, princes (''
amir
Emir (; ' (), also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has ...
s''), scholars and scientists (''
ulama
In Islam, the ''ulama'' ( ; also spelled ''ulema''; ; singular ; feminine singular , plural ) are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious knowledge in Islam.
"Ulama ...
''), dignitaries, and entertainers, from the
Bahri dynasty
The Bahri Mamluks (), sometimes referred to as the Bahri dynasty, were the rulers of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt from 1250 to 1382, following the Ayyubid dynasty. The members of the Mamluk ruling class were purchased as slaves ( mamluks) and ma ...
and later.
* ''Ḥawādith al-duhūr fī madá al-ayyām wa-al-shuhūr'' (); Egypt history 1250–1517 continues
al-Maqrizi
Al-Maqrīzī (, full name Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī, ; 1364–1442) was a medieval Egyptian historian and biographer during the Mamluk era, known for his interest in the Fat ...
's ''Suluk li-ma'rifat duwwal al-muluk''.
* ''Al-Baḥr al-zākhir fī tārīkh al-ʻālam wa-akhbār al-awāʼil wa-al-awākhir'' (); universal history from creation of Adam (National Library of Paris, No.1551); Iraq MS purchased by Dar al-Kutub, Egypt.
* ''Mawrid al-laṭāfah fī man waliya al-salṭanah wa-al-khilāfah'' (); Biographies of the sultans and the caliphs.
Bibliography
* ''History of Egypt 1382–1469''; transl. from the Arabic Annals of Abu l-Maḥāsin Ibn Taghrī Birdī by William Popper, Berkeley 1954–63.
See also
*
List of Muslim historians
External links
Short summary of Ibn Taghribirdi's ''al-Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira''(Arabic)
Read parts of ''al-Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira''(Arabic)
References
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1411 births
1470 deaths
15th-century biographers
15th-century Egyptian historians
15th-century Muslims
Encyclopedists of the medieval Islamic world
Historians from the Mamluk Sultanate