Ottoman
Badr al-Din al-Hasani
Abū Muḥammad Maḥmūd ibn Aḥmad ibn Mūsā Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī, often quoted simply as al-'Ayni…
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Mamluk
Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari
Shihab al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari, commonly known as Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari or…
Mamluk
Ibn al-Shatir
ʿAbu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn bin Alī bin Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin al-Matam al-Ansari, known as…
Mamluk
A’isha al-Ba’uniyya
ʿĀʾishah bint Yūsuf al-Bāʿūniyyah was a Sufi master and poet. She is one of few…
Mamluk
Shams al-Din ibn Tulun
Ahmad ibn Tulun was the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria…
Mamluk
Ibn Taymiyyah
Shams al-Dīn ʾAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾAbī Bakr ibn ʾAyyūb al-Zurʿī al-Dimashqī al-Ḥanbalī, commonly…
Mamluk
al-Dhahabi
Shams al-Dīn al-Dhahabī was a Syrian Sunni Muslim historian, biographer, and hadith scholar. He authored…
Mamluk
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Shams al-Dīn ʾAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾAbī Bakr ibn ʾAyyūb al-Zurʿī al-Dimashqī al-Ḥanbalī, commonly…
Mamluk
Ibn Kathir
Imad al-Din Abu al-Fida Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi, often known simply as Ibn…