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Sharīf al-Dīn Abu Ali Muḥammad ibn Sana' al-Mulk As'ad ibn Ali al-Jawwani (Arabic: شريف الدين أبوعلي محمد بن سناء الملك أسعد بن علي الجوّاني, 1131–1192) better known as Al-Jawwani, was a 12th-century Arab Egyptian historian and genealogist in Fatimid Egypt.

Life

Al-Jawwani was born in Cairo to a family of Husaynid descent (descendants of Husayn) and he was known by the honorific title al-Sharif. His father, who was originally from Mosul, immigrated west where he settled in Cairo, which at the time was the capital city of the Fatimid Caliphate, and he reached a high status at the Fatimid court. Al-Jawwani followed in his father's footsteps and also served the Fatimids, in particular holding the position of Naqib al-ashraf.

Works

• al-Nuqat li mu'jam ma Ushkil min al-Khitat (Points on Difficult Plans)
• al-Jawhar al-Maknun fi Dhikr al-Qaba'il wal Butun (The Jewel on Tribes)

References

1. ^ Morimoto, Kazuo (2018). "al-Jawwānī". In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
2. ^ Abdelhamid, Tarek Galal; El-Toudy, Heba (2017-04-21). Selections from Subh al-A'shā by al-Qalqashandi, Clerk of the Mamluk Court: Egypt: "Seats of Government" and "Regulations of the Kingdom", From Early Islam to the Mamluks. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-40524-7.

See also

• List of pre-modern Arab scientists and scholars
• List of Muslim historians

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