A'yan al-'Asr wa-A'wan al-Nasr

أعيان العصر وأعوان النصر

Al-Safadi's A'yan al-'Asr wa-A'wan al-Nasr — biographies of his own age's notables 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Levant & Iraq
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A book by al-Safadi, Salah al-Din Khalil ibn Aybak, who died in 764 AH, which Hajji Khalifa mentions in "Kashf al-Zunun". 1

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Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi

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  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 525
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