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Al-Nuwayri

1279 - 1333

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Al-Nuwayrī, full name Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayrī (Arabic: شهاب الدين أحمد بن عبد الوهاب النويري, 5 April 1279 – 5 June 1333) was an Egyptian Muslim historian and civil servant of the Bahri Mamluk dynasty. He is most notable for his compilation of a 9,000-page encyclopedia of the Mamluk era, titled The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (نهاية الأرب في فنون الأدب, Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab), which pertained to zoology, anatomy, history, chronology, amongst others. He is also known for his extensive work regarding the Mongols' conquest of Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Nuwayri has received more than 51,090 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Al-Nuwayri is the 272nd most popular historian (down from 258th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 395th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Egyptian Historian.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Al-Nuwayri ranks 272 out of 561. Before him are Émile Mâle, Bernard Desclot, Yitzhak Arad, Francisco López de Gómara, Juan de Mariana, and Malchus. After him are Christian Gottlob Heyne, Zuo Qiuming, Muhammad Aufi, Alexander Svanidze, Régine Pernoud, and Annius of Viterbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1279, Al-Nuwayri ranks 3. Before him are Louis I, Duke of Bourbon, and Ismail I of Granada.  Among people deceased in 1333, Al-Nuwayri ranks 7. Before him are Władysław I the Elbow-high, Antipope Nicholas V, Muhammad IV of Granada, Prince Morikuni, Manuel II of Trebizond, and Rita of Armenia. After him are Henry XV, Duke of Bavaria, and Momik.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Al-Nuwayri ranks 423 out of 642. Before him are Moustafa Madbouly (1966), Richard Anthony (1938), Al-Salih Hajji (1372), Nabil Elaraby (1935), Ibrahim Moustafa (1904), and Sayf ad-Din Inal (1380). After him are Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), W. D. Hamilton (1936), Al-Mustamsik (null), Guy Béart (1930), Menas of Constantinople (null), and Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi (1838).

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Among HISTORIANS In Egypt

Among historians born in Egypt, Al-Nuwayri ranks 8. Before him are Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (1372), Theophylact Simocatta (580), Al-Maqrizi (1364), Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), and Yahya of Antioch (980). After him are H. A. R. Gibb (1895).

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