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Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad Nuwayrī (1279–1333)

Author of The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World

35 Works 248 Members 2 Reviews

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Includes the names: nuwayriahmadibnabdal, Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb Nuwayrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayrī, شهاب الدين أحمد بن عبد الوهاب النويري

Works by Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad Nuwayrī

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World (2016) 117 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʻ al-tāsiʻ 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thālith wa-al-thalāthūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-khāmis 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thālith ʻashar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thānī wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thalāthūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-sādis wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thānī 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-ʻāshir 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thāmin ʻāshar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-sādis 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-rābiʻ ʻashar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʻ al-thālith wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-ḥādī wa-al-thalāthūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-sābiʻ wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thālith 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-ḥādī ʻashar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʻ al-tāsiʻ ʻāshar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juz’ al-awwal 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-khāmis wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-sādis ʻashar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʻ al-tāsiʻ wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thānī ʻashar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-rābiʻ 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thāmin wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thāmin 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-thānī wa-al-thalāthūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-rābiʻ wa-al-ʻishrūn 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-khāmis ʻashar 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-sābiʻ 4 copies

Nihāyat al-arab fī funūn al-adab. al-juzʾ al-ḥādī wa-al-ʻishrūn 3 copies

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A Compendium of Knowledge from the Classical Islamic World 3 copies

Nihayat al-Irab fi Funun al-Adab 115 (2004) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1279
Date of death: 1333
Gender: male
Nationality: Egypt

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The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A… by Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri

First, thanks to Elias Muhanna for convincing a trade press to publish this. It's great fun: selections from a fourteenth century Egyptian 'encyclopaedia.' There are great stories, weird facts, and our translator/edtior does some good imitations of rhythmical/rhymed prose.

I would say, for the next edition, this reader would prefer more pages from the history and the metaphysics, and rather fewer pages about plants. But I guess the reading public demands science, or nature, or something. Screw that. Give me angels and sultans.… (more)

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stillatim | 1 other review | Oct 23, 2020 |

The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition: A… by Shihab al-Din al-Nuwayri

This is the sort of book that gives a real insight to the Medieval mind. A cabinet of curiosities that illustrates the human penchant for creating certainty out of ignorance. One either loves this type of compendium or finds it tedious. I am firmly in the former camp.

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le.vert.galant | 1 other review | Nov 19, 2019 |

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Works: 35
Members: 248
Popularity: #92,014
Rating: 4.1

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 3
Languages: 1

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