Al-Nuwayri

Al-Nuwayrī, full name Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayrī was an Egyptian Muslim historian and civil servant of the Bahri Mamluk dynasty. He is most notable for his compilation of a 9,000-page encyclopedia of the Mamluk era, titled The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition, which pertained to zoology, anatomy, history, chronology, amongst others. He is also known for his extensive work regarding the Mongols' conquest of Syria. Al-Nuwayri started his encyclopedia around the year 1314 and completed it in 1333.

5 April 1279

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Ann C. Crispin • Jules Ferry • Lang Tzu-yun • Natalya Kustinskaya • Pierre Lhomme • Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1674–1748) • Reinhold Seeberg • Willeke van Ammelrooy