Al-Nuwayri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Al-Nuwayri

Historian, encyclopedist and calligrapher (1279–1333)

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1279

Place of Birth: Akhmim, Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1333

Profession: writer, poet, historian, calligrapher, literary, encyclopedist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Al-Nuwayri, full name Shihab al-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Nuwayri (Arabic: ???? ????? ???? ?? ??? ?????? ????????, born April 5, 1279 in Akhmim, present-day Egypt – died June 5, 1333 in Cairo) was an Egyptian Muslim historian and civil servant of the Bahri Mamluk dynasty.
He is most notable for his compilation of a 9,000-page encyclopedia of the Mamluk era, titled The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (????? ????? ?? ???? ?????, Nihayat al-arab fi funun al-adab), which pertained to zoology, anatomy, history, chronology, amongst others.
He is also known for his extensive work regarding the Mongols' conquest of Syria.
Al-Nuwayri started his encyclopedia around the year 1314 and completed it in 1333.