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- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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Summary
Al-Nuwayri seems to have remained resident at the Nasiriyya madrasa to the end: he mentions a dream he had in one of its iwans, called al-Iwan al-Bahri, on the eve of Friday 13 Dhu al-Qa'da 729/8 September 1329; exactly when he left administration for full-time composition is unknown 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Nuwayri
- Occurred at
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Nuwayri in the audition sessions: Sahih al-Bukhari under Wazira bint al-Munadhdha, 715/1315· The second copy of the Nihaya: eighteen volumes in under ten months, 721-722/1321-1322· Al-Nuwayri's death at Cairo, 21 Ramadan 733/5 June 1333· Ibn Abbada has al-Nuwayri flogged and confiscates his property, c. 710/1310· Al-Nuwayri joins the diwan al-khass and resides at the Nasiriyya, 698/1298· Composition of the Nihaya begins: volume one dated 714/1314· Recall to Cairo as mubashir of the royal estates and Mansuri waqfs, Ramadan 703/1304· Return from Tripoli to Cairo and the Delta inspectorate, 712/1312
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 8 p. 158
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Iwan al-Bahri dream: al-Nuwayri still at the Nasiriyya, 13 Dhu al-Qa'da 729/8 September 1329”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/nuwayri-dream-729/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.
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