About Al-Ibshīhī
Lived 1388 – 1446 (aged 57–58). Al-Ibshīhī was a poet and literary scholar.
Al-Ibshīhī (1388–1448) was an Egyptian writer born in the small town in the Governorate of Gharbeya, in the Nile Delta.
Works Al-Ibshīhī's best known work is the Kitāb al-Mustaṭraf more fully known as Mustaṭraf fī kull fann mustaẓraf ('A Quest for Attainment in Each Fine Art'). As characterised by the Encyclopædia Britannica, this was 'a very individual encyclopaedia ... that covered the Islamic religion, conduct, law, spiritual qualities, work, natural history, music, food, and medicine. At the turn of the Arab fortunes, al-Ibshīhī had recapitulated all that was best in their culture'.
Editions al-Ibshīhī. al-Mustaṭraf fī kull fann mustaẓraf. 2 vols. Beirut: Dār Maktabat al-Ḥayāh, 1992.
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Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ibshīhī, Ibshaihī, Abshīhī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Abshīhī, Shihāb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Shihāb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ibshīhī, Ibchîhî, Mouhammad, Ibshihi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad Shihab al-Din, Muhammad ibn AhmadRelated people
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Who was Al-Ibshīhī?
Egyptian writer
When was Al-Ibshīhī born?
Al-Ibshīhī was born in 1388 in Ibsheway.
When did Al-Ibshīhī die?
Al-Ibshīhī died in 1446.
What was Al-Ibshīhī's occupation?
Al-Ibshīhī was a poet and literary scholar.
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