Al-Nuwayri, Egyptian Muslim historian (died 1333)

Al-Nuwayri

Egyptian historian, encyclopedist and calligrapher

Al-Nuwayrī, full name Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayrī 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…