Nur al-Din al-Ujhuri

نور الدين الأجهوري

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Ajhour Al-Kubra → Cairo

Draft card for Nur al-Din al-Ujhuri, the seventeenth-century Egyptian jurist, d. 1656; the biographical entry is not yet checked on the page.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Egypt & Nile
Identifiers
Wikidata

Life in time

152515501575160016251650167517001725
The Gunpowder Empires Contemporaries: Gurcu Mehmed Pasha · Panembahan Ratu I · al-Shihab al-Khafaji (Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Umar) · Fakhr al-Din al-Turayhi · Ahmad ibn Abi al-Rijal

In space

Ajhour Al-KubraCairo

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

The long-form text for this entry has not been written yet. The facts and connections below come from the museum's data.

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Born in
Ajhour Al-Kubra
Died in
Cairo

People and things also explored

Al-Azhar Mosque· Bab al-Futuh, Cairo· Bab al-Nasr, Cairo· Bab Zuwayla, Cairo· Joseph's Well (Bir Yusuf), Cairo Citadel· Citadel of Cairo (Citadel of Salah al-Din)· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Funerary complex of Sultan al-Ashraf Inal, Cairo

Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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islam.museum contributors. “Nur al-Din al-Ujhuri”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nur-al-din-al-ujhuri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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