Al-Maqrizi

Al- Maqrizi, Muhammad al - Maqriz or in long form Taqi ad-Din Ahmad ibn ' Ali ibn' Abd al -Qadir ibn Muhammad al- Maqrizi, Arabic تقى الدين أحمد بن على بن عبد القادر بن محمد المقريزى, DMG Taqī ' d- Dīn Aḥmad b. ʿ Alī b. ʿ Abd al - Qādir b. Muḥammad al - Maqrizi (* 1364 in Cairo, † beginning in February 1442 ) was a prominent Arab historian and writer, known by the approximately 200 works.

Al- Maqrizi, whose father (d. 1378 ) of Baalbek in Lebanon today originated, was born into a wealthy family of scholars. He received at such renowned teachers such as Ibn Khaldun a thorough education that it finally capable of this task, in Cairo, but also in Damascus, where he lived about ten years from 1408 as deputy judge (he was like his father Schafiit ) muhtasib, preacher to work ( in the AMR and Sultan Hasan Mosque ), Imam, professor and administrator. Since these activities, however, did not satisfy him, he decided while still a stay Syria to turn all the science of history.

Al- Maqrizis main work Chitat ( full title: Al- Mawa ʿ iz wa - 'l- i ʿ Tibar fī dhikr al - Hitat wa - ' l- ʾ ATAR ) is a history and description of Cairo, but also Egypt, which starts with the Pharaonic period and with its time ends.

Another work entitled " admonition of the Muslims with the news of the Fatimid Imam - Caliph " ( Itti ʿ Az al - Hunafa ʾ bi- Ahbar al -a ʾ imma al - Fāṭimīyīn al - ḫulafā ʾ ) is one of the most important sources for the history of the Fatimids.

Sources al - Maqrizi pulled up many older works that have gone even lost, such as the Sirat al - Ma ʾ mun mun of the Fatimid author Ibn al - Ma ʾ (d. 1192 ). Although he repeatedly mistakes while dealing with the cited authors are accused of his works are an important source for Egypt of his time. In his descriptions he was not confined to the ruling classes, but was also associated with the common people in with his solid culture.