At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Dimyati, known as al-Banna, a linguist from Damietta in Egypt. Biographical works describe him as having grasped the Arabic language and mastered the Islamic sciences. They say his works did not exceed five books in different sciences. 1
His dates of life and the titles of his books are not recorded in the museum's data and need an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Banna Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-banna-shihab-al-din-ahmad-ibn-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.