At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
In time
In space
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Summary
Recalled to Cairo in Ramadan 703 (April 1304), al-Nuwayri resumed work as mubashir amlak al-khass al-sharif, administering the diwan al-khass, the bimaristan al-Mansuri and the whole range of Mansuri waqfs, apparently under chief qadi Ibn Makhluf's supervision 2.
Witness to great affairs
Back in residence at the madrasa he witnessed the opening of the Ibn Taymiyya affair (705-709), which began at the Nasiriyya itself, and was pressed into a minor mediating role between his patron Ibn Makhluf and Damascus's governor Aqqush al-Afram. In 705 Ibn Sasra became chief qadi of Cairo and al-Nuwayri appeared as witness in some matters before him. When the amir al-Turkumani died he was charged with sequestering his assets and erecting him a turba with a maintenance waqf — al-Nasir himself walked to al-Qarafa to draw its plan on the ground 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Nuwayri· Ibn Makhluf al-Nuwayri al-Jazuli
- 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· The Iwan al-Bahri dream: al-Nuwayri still at the Nasiriyya, 13 Dhu al-Qa'da 729/8 September 1329· 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· 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 pp. 157-158
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 8 p. 157
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Recall to Cairo as mubashir of the royal estates and Mansuri waqfs, Ramadan 703/1304”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/nuwayri-return-703/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.
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