Al-Nuwayri

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Al-Nuwayrī, also Shihāb al-Dīn Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayri was a Muslim historian. He died in 1333.

He is known for his work regarding the conquest of the Mongols in Syria, and wrote extensively about the history of the Mamluks in the 12th-13th century.

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• The Historiography of Islamic Egypt (C. 950-1800), "Al-Nuwayrī as a historian of the Mongols", p.23 and seq. Reuven Amitai. Online