At a glance
- Roles
- writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Modern Era
- 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
Ahmad ibn Isma'il Taymur, one of the leading figures of the Arab cultural renaissance in modern Egypt. He comes from a family of Kurdish origin that settled in Egypt 1.
Dates
He was born in Cairo in 1288 AH (1871 CE) and died in 1348 AH (1930 CE) 1.
People and things also explored
al-Tanahmir: the Himyaritic speech remnant· Aljamia (aljamiado: Spanish written in Arabic script, and its literature)· Arab naming of children after plants· The wise sayings attributed to Ali· Poetry attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib· The delegation of Banu Tamim and the boasting contest· Ka'b ibn Zuhayr's pardon and recitation of Banat Su'ad· Khuza'a's appeal to Medina
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. “Taymur Ahmad ibn Isma'il”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/taymur-ahmad-ibn-ismail/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.