Author: Ibn Taghribirdi, Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf [1411-1470 CE]
Title: al-Nujum al-zahirah fi muluk Misr wa-al-Qahirah / ta'lif Jamal al-Din Abi al-Mahasin Yusuf ibn Taghri Birdi al-Atabiki
Description: al-Qahirah, Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyah, 1950. orig. wrappers. 28x19cm, 479 pp. Minor rubbing. Unopened. VG. ¶ Text entirely in Arabic. Historical chronicle of medieval Egypt. ["...Ibn Taghribirdi was the son of a leading Mamluk amir and in effect he suceeded al-'Ayni as court historian. Despite Ibn Taghribirdi's criticisms of al- Maqrizi, the early sections of his own chronicle 'al-Nujum al-zahirah fi muluk Misr wa-al-Qahirah' depend quite heavily on the 'Suluk'. The 'Nujum was initially written for Muhammad, son of the reigning sultan Jaqmaq... This chronicle was fiercely hostile to astrologers and delights in recording their failed predictions..." - Roger Allen & D.S. Richards " Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period" p. 166].

Keywords: Medieval Egypt, Medieval Egypt, Arabic Historical, Egyptian Literature, Historiography, , , ,