At a glance
- Roles
- writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Fath Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Abshihi, an Egyptian man of letters and author in the Mamluk period. He gathered reports and anecdotes in his books. 1
Dates
He was born in 790 AH (1388 CE) and died in 852 AH (1448 CE). 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.183
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Abshihi, Abu al-Fath”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-abshihi-muhammad-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.