Ibn Taghribirdi Explained

Ibn Taghribirdi
Birth Name:Jamal al-Din Ibn Yusuf
Birth Date:2 February 1411
Birth Place:Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
(modern-day Egypt)
Death Place:Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate
Resting Place:Cairo, Egypt
Occupation:Historian
Notableworks:Al-Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira
النجوم الزاھرۃ فی ملوک مصر والقاھرۃ
Years Active:circa 1435–1470

Jamal al-Din Yusuf bin al-Amir Sayf al-Din Taghribirdi (Arabic: جمال الدين يوسف بن الأمير سيف الدين تغري بردي), or Abū al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf ibn Taghrī-Birdī, or Ibn Taghribirdi[1] (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.[2]

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.

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  1. For a more complete list of variations on the spelling and form of his name, see ISNI's listing for him Ibn Taghribirdi: variations.
  2. Book: Massoud, Sami. The Chronicles and Annalistic Sources of the Early Mamluk Circassian Period. 2007-04-24. BRILL. 9789047419792. en.
  3. Web site: Ibn Taghribirdi Abu Al Mahasin Yusuf 1411 1470 Ce - AbeBooks. www.abebooks.com. ar. 2017-11-24.
  4. Web site: Al-Nujūm al-Zāhirah fī Mulūk Miṣr wa-al-Qāhirah. www.archive.org. ar. 20. 2019-05-07.
  5. Book: Young, M. J. L.. Religion, Learning and Science in the 'Abbasid Period. 1990-05-16. Cambridge University Press. 9780521327633. en.
  6. Book: Ibn Taghrībirdī. al-Manhal al-ṣāfī wa-al-mustawfá baʻda al-wāfī. www.archive.org. Cairo. al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Kitāb. 1984. ar.
  7. Book: Ibn Taghrībirdī. Ḥawādith al-duhūr fī madá al-ayyām wa-al-shuhūr. www.archive.org. Beirut. ʻĀlam al-Kutub. 1990. 613. ar.
  8. Book: Taghrībirdī (Ibn), Abū al-Maḥāsin, Yūsuf. Mawrid al-laṭāfah fī man waliya al-salṭanah wa-al-khilāfah. Maṭbaʻat Dār al-Kutub al-Miṣrīyah. al-Qāhirah. 1997. 39498301.