At a glance
- Roles
- Historian
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Identifiers
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- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- HistorianTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Mahasin Jamal al-Din Yusuf ibn Taghribirdi al-Yashbughawi al-Zahiri al-Hanafi, a historian in Egypt and the author of al-Nujum al-Zahira (The Shining Stars). 2
Life
According to the Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba', he was born in 812 AH (1409 CE) and died in 874 AH (1469 CE). 2 These dates come from one source and need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 317-318
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.491
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Taghribirdi, Yusuf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-taghribirdi-yusuf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.