Abulfeda
November 1273 –October 27, 1331
Geographer, Historian, Astronomer, Astrologer, Politician, Ruler
Lived 57 years
- Born in
- Damascus
- Passed away in
- Hama
Ismāʿīl bin ʿAlī bin Maḥmūd bin Muḥammad bin ʿUmar bin Shāhanshāh bin Ayyūb bin Shādī bin Marwān (Arabic: إسماعيل بن علي بن محمود بن محمد بن عمر بن شاهنشاه بن أيوب بن شادي بن مروان), better known as Abū al-Fidāʾ or Abulfeda (Arabic: أبو الفداء; November 1273 – 27 October 1331), was a Mamluk-era Kurdish geographer, historian, Ayyubid prince and local governor of Hama.
Notable works: Taqwim al-Buldan, al-Mukhtaṣar fī Akhbār al-bashar
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abulfeda