Jamal al-Din Yusuf bin al-Amir Sayf al-Din Taghribirdi (), or Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf ibn Taghrī-Birdī, or Ibn TaghribirdiFor a more complete list of variations on the spelling and form of his name, see ISNI's listing for him Ibn Taghribirdi: variations. (2 February 1411— 5 June 1470; 813–874 Hijri) was an Islamic historian born in the 15th century in Mamluk Egypt. He studied under al-Ayni and al-Maqrizi, 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, 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 with approx. 3000 entries celebrating the lives of sultans, princes (amirs), scholars and scientists (ulama), dignitaries, and entertainers, from the Bahri dynasty and later. Ḥawādith al-duhūr fī madá al-ayyām wa-al-shuhūr (); Egypt history 1250–1517 continues al-Maqrizi'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)
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