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Al-Maqrizi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Al-Maqrīzī, Makrizi, Maqrizi, Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad al-Makrizi, Taki-ed-din Ahmed el-Makrizi, Abu-l-ʻAbbâs Aḥmad ibn ʻAli ibn ʻAbdalḳâdir ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusajni Taḳiaddîn Al-Maḳrîzi
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 Fatimid era, and the earlier periods of Egyptian history. He is recognized as the most influential historian of premodern Egypt.
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Ahmad al-Maqrizi was a historian, writer, economist, and geographer from Egypt in the Middle Ages. Born in Cairo in 1364, he died in the same city on February 8, 1442. He was a Muslim who wrote in Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, and Coptic. His native language was Coptic, Egyptian Arabic, and Arabic. He was also known by the nickname Takieddin.
Al-Maqrizi studied under Al-Damiri and taught students including İbn Tanrıverdi and Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi. His works focused on the history of Islam and economics. Notable titles include *Les marchés du Caire*, *Mukhtasar Kitab al-Watr*, and *Takieddin Almakrizi Tractatus de legalibus Arabum ponderibus et mensuris*. He is described in sources such as the *Nordisk familjebok* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1364
- Died
- 08 February 1445
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Les marchés du Caire
- Macrizi Historia regvm Islamiticorvm in Abyssinia
- Das Pyramidenkapitel in al-Makrizi's "Ḫiṭaṭ."
- Mukhtasar Kitab al-Watr
- Takieddin Almakrizi Tractatus de legalibus Arabum ponderibus et mensuris
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Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- al-Maqrīzī ()
- Religious biography.birth_name
- Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī ()
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Cairo, Egypt
- Religious biography.occupation
- Historian, biographer, writer
- Religious biography.religion
- Islam
- Religious biography.notable works
- ''''
- Religious biography.jurisprudence
- Shafi'i
- Religious biography.denomination
- Sunni
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ahmad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt in the Middle Ages
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- geographer
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Student of
- Al-Damiri
- Field of work
- economics
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- date of birth
- 1364-01-01
- name in native language
- أحمد بن علي بن عبد القادر بن مُحمَّد المقريزي الشافعي الأثري
- date of death
- 1442-02-08
- nickname
- أبو العبَّاس
- student
- Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi
- P13311
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- described at URL
- www.nplg.gov.ge/gwdict/index.php?a=term&d=14&t=128089
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Works in European collections
27 objects attributed to Al-Maqrizi, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Historia Coptorum christianorum in Aegypto
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 1, P. 1
![Kitāb al-Mawāʿiz wa-l-iʿtibār fī ḏikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wa-l-āṯār : [d. h. Buch der Unterweisungen und der Betrachtung in der Geschichte der Länderstriche und Denkmale. Eine historische und topographische Beschreibung Ägyptens von Takieddîn Ahmed ben Ali ben Abdelkâder ben Mohammed Makrisi], 2](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10625881_00524%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Kitāb al-Mawāʿiz wa-l-iʿtibār fī ḏikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wa-l-āṯār : [d. h. Buch der Unterweisungen und der Betrachtung in der Geschichte der Länderstriche und Denkmale. Eine historische und topographische Beschreibung Ägyptens von Takieddîn Ahmed ben Ali ben Abdelkâder ben Mohammed Makrisi], 2
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 2, P. 1
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 2, P. 2
Maqrizii 'De valle Hadhramaut' libellus arabice editus et illustratus
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 1, P. 2
Al-Makrizi Historia monetae Arabiae e codice Escorialensi. cum variis duorum codd. Leidensium lectionibus .... nunc primum edita, versa et illustrata ab Olav Gerhardo Tychsen
Tractatus de legalibvs Arabvm ponderibvs et mensvris. ex cod. Academiae Lvgdvno-Batavae additis excerptis ...
Macrizi Historia Regvm Islamiticorvm in Abyssinia. interpretatvs est et vna cvm Abvlfedae Descriptione Regionvm Nigritarvm E Codd. Biblioth. Leidensis Arabice. Edidit Fridericvs Theodorvs Rinck
Narratio de expeditionibus, a Graecis Francesque ad versus Dimyatham, ab A. C. 708 ad 1221 susceptis. e cod. Bibliothecae Lugduno. excerp. latine redd ... Henr. Ar. Hamaker
Narratio de expeditionibus, a Graecis Francisque adversus Dimyatham, ab a. C. 708 ad 1221 susceptis
al-Mawā'iẓ wal-i'tibār bi-dikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wal-ātār fī Miṣr wal-Qāhira wan-Nīl wa-mā yata'allaqa bihā min al-aḫbār, 2
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 2, P. 2
Le livre des avis et sujets de réflexions sur la description historique des divisions territoriales et des vestiges, Premier extrait. contenant la description historique du canal d'Égypte
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 1, P. 1
al-Mawāʿiẓ wa-'l-iʿtibār fī ḏikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wa-'āṯār - BSB Cod.arab. 1264
al-Mawā'iẓ wal-i'tibār bi-dikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wal-ātār fī Miṣr wal-Qāhira wan-Nīl wa-mā yata'allaqa bihā min al-aḫbār, 1
Traité Des Monnoies Musulmanes
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 1, P. 2
al-Mawāʿiẓ wa-'l-iʿtibār fī ḏikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wa-'l-āṯār - BSB Cod.arab. 1260
Histoire des Sultans Mamlocks de l'Égypte, T. 2, P. 1
![Kitāb al-Mawāʿiz wa-l-iʿtibār fī ḏikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wa-l-āṯār : [d. h. Buch der Unterweisungen und der Betrachtung in der Geschichte der Länderstriche und Denkmale. Eine historische und topographische Beschreibung Ägyptens von Takieddîn Ahmed ben Ali ben Abdelkâder ben Mohammed Makrisi], 1](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb10210896_00502%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Kitāb al-Mawāʿiz wa-l-iʿtibār fī ḏikr al-ḫiṭaṭ wa-l-āṯār : [d. h. Buch der Unterweisungen und der Betrachtung in der Geschichte der Länderstriche und Denkmale. Eine historische und topographische Beschreibung Ägyptens von Takieddîn Ahmed ben Ali ben Abdelkâder ben Mohammed Makrisi], 1
Macrizi Historia Regvm Islamiticoruvm in Abyssinia
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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 Fatimid era, and the earlier periods of Egyptian history. He is recognized as the most influential historian of premodern Egypt.
==Life== A direct student of Ibn Khaldun, al-Maqrīzī was born in Cairo to a family of Syrian origin that had recently relocated from Damascus. When he presents himself in his books he usually stops at the 10th forefather although he confessed to some of his close friends that he can trace his ancestry to al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh – first Fatimid caliph in Egypt and the founder of al-Qahirah (Cairo) (the victorious) – and even to Ali ibn Abi Talib. He was trained in the Hanafite school of law. Later, he switched to the Shafi'ite school and finally to the Zahirite school. Maqrizi studied theology under one of the primary masterminds behind the Zahiri Revolt, and his vocal support and sympathy with that revolt against the Mamluks likely cost him higher administrative and clerical positions with the Mamluk regime. The name Maqrizi was an attribution to a quarter of the city of Baalbek, from where his paternal grandparents hailed. Maqrizi confessed to his contemporaries that he believed that he was related to the Fatimids through the son of al-Muizz. Ibn Hajar preserves the most memorable account: his father, as they entered the al-Hakim Mosque one day, told him "My son, you are entering the mosque of your ancestor." However, his father also instructed al-Maqrizi not to reveal this information to anyone he could not trust; Walker concludes: Ultimately it would be hard to conclude that al-Maqrizi conceived any more than an antiquarian interest in the Fatimids. His main concern seems more likely to be the meaning they and their city might have for the present, that is, for Mamluk Egypt and its role in Islam. (p. 167)
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