Ibn Iyās

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Muhammad ibn Ahmad Ibn Iyās al-Hanafī ( Arabic محمد بن احمد بن إياس الحنفى, DMG Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Iyās al-Ḥanafī ; * 1448 ; † after 1522) was a historian and an important contemporary witness of the last years of the Mamluk rule in Egypt . His work serves as the primary source for the rise and fall of the more than two hundred and fifty years of Mamluk rule (see Burji-Mamluken ) over Egypt (and Syria) and the first years of Ottoman rule .

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Ibn Iyās was the author of a multi-volume history of Egypt with the title Badāʾiʿ az-zuhūr fī waqāʾiʿ ad-duhūr (a partial German translation is entitled: "Everyday notes of an Egyptian citizen"), which comprises several thousand pages.

The last ruler of the Mamluks, Qansuh al-Ghuri , who like many of his soldiers died in the battle of Marj Dabiq against the overpowering Ottomans in late summer 1516 , is described as follows:

“He was tall, tall, with a big belly, white in color, with a round face, fat eyes and a booming voice. He was a majestic, dignified king who instilled respect and admiration in his audiences and was a pleasure to look at. And if it hadn't been for his cruelty (...), he would have been the best of the Circassian kings, yes, the best ruler of Egypt at all! "

An Arabic edition of the Chronicle of Ibn Iyās appeared in the Bibliotheca Islamica (vol. 5).

Translations

  • Ibn-Iyas: Everyday Notes from an Egyptian Citizen. Library of Arabic classics . Translated from Arabic and edited by Annemarie Schimmel . Edition Erdmann, Lenningen 2004, ISBN 3-86503-014-9 (partial translation).
  • Ibn Iyas: Badai Alzuhur Fi Wakayi Alduhur. abridged and edited by Dr. M. Aljayar, Almisriya Lilkitab, Cairo 2007, ISBN 977-419-623-6 .
  • Journal d´un bourgeois du Caire. Chronique d´Ibn Iyâs. Traduit et annoté by Gaston Wiet. 1955

literature

  • Michael Winter: Ibn Iyās Muḥammad b. Aḥmad , April 2007. In: C.Kafadar / H.Karateke / C.Fleischer: Historians of the Ottoman Empire. Harvard University. Center for Middle Eastern Studies, ISBN 9780-9762-7270-0 , pp. 97-99. [1]

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ ottomanhistorians.com: Muhammad b. Ahmad Ibn Iyas ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ottomanhistorians.com
  2. ↑ from the publisher's text on the German partial translation by Annemarie Schimmel with the title: Everyday Notes of an Egyptian Citizen ( ISBN 3-86503-014-9 )
  3. ↑ Available online here: http://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/ssg/content/titleinfo/748814 .
personal data
SURNAME Ibn Iyas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ibn Iyās
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1448
DATE OF DEATH after 1522