Al-Ibshīhī
Al-Ibshīhī (1388–1448) was an Egyptian writer born in the small town in the Governorate of Gharbeya, in the Nile Delta.
Also recorded as Muhammad ibn Ahmad Ibshihi · Ibšīhī, Muḥammad Ibn-Aḥmad al- · Al-Ibschihi · Ibshīhī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad
Al-Ibshīhī
- Born
- 1388 · Ibsheway.
- Occupation
- poet · literary scholar
- Teachers
- Jalaluddin al-Bulqini
- Known for
- Mustaṭraf fī kull fann mustaẓraf
- Languages
- Arabic
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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'.
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Life and career
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1388
Al-Ibshīhī was born in 1388 at Ibsheway.
1446
Al-Ibshīhī died in 1446.
Editions
• al-Ibshīhī. al-Mustaṭraf fī kull fann mustaẓraf. 2 vols. Beirut: Dār Maktabat al-Ḥayāh, 1992.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3607421: Al-Ibshīhī
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