A valuable historical source on 16th-century Egypt, Nafh al-Tib is a compendium of biographies of notable figures and events of the time. The author, Ahmad al-Maqri, was a Coptic Christian who wrote in Arabic. This edition features a new introduction and annotations to help contextualize the text. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This...
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