Shihab al-Umari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Arab historian from the 14th century
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Place of Birth: Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
About Shihab al-Umari
- Shihab al-Din Abu al-‘Abbas A?mad b.
- Fa?l Allah al-'Umari (???? ????? ??? ??????? ???? ?? ??? ???? ??????), or simply Ibn Fa?l Allah al-‘Umari, (1300 – 1349) was an Arab historian, born in Damascus.
- Born as a scion of a family of bureaucrats, al-?Umari (as his name implies) traced his origin to Umar, the second Islamic caliph.
- His father held the important post of katib as-sirr (head of the chancery) of the Mamluk Empire.
- During his life, his scholarly works and writings were used in the administration of the Mamluk Empire's dominions of Egypt and Syria, and later became standard sources for Mamluk history.
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