Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayrī (apr 5, 1279 – jun 5, 1333)
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A historian and encyclopedist from Egypt. His massive work Nihayat al-Arab (The Ultimate Ambition) covers a wide range of topics including history, geography, science, and literature, making it a major source for medieval Islamic knowledge.
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