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Abu Shama

1203 - 1267

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Abū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maḳdisī (10 January 1203 – 13 June 1267) was an Arab historian. Abū Shāma was born in Damascus, where he passed his whole life save for one year in Egypt, a fortnight in Jerusalem and two pilgrimages to the Ḥijāz. He was an eyewitness to and provides the most precise information about the siege of Damascus in May–June 1229. He received a diverse Sunnī education and wrote on a variety of topics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Shama is the 435th most popular historian (down from 323rd in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Syria (down from 147th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Syrian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Abu Shama ranks 435 out of 561. Before him are Albrecht Weber, Martin van Creveld, Daniel J. Boorstin, Charles A. Beard, Henry James Sumner Maine, and Zdeněk Nejedlý. After him are Edward Duyker, Cyril Mango, G. M. Trevelyan, Heinrich Ewald, Arthur Smith Woodward, and Carl Benjamin Boyer.

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Among people born in 1203, Abu Shama ranks 6. Before him are Mindaugas, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Bartholomeus Anglicus, Peter II, Count of Savoy, and Abu Zakariya Yahya.  Among people deceased in 1267, Abu Shama ranks 10. Before him are Beatrice of Savoy, Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Poppo von Osterna, Sylvester Gozzolini, Hugh II of Cyprus, and Agnes of the Palatinate.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Abu Shama ranks 176 out of 210. Before him are Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi (920), Zakaria Tamer (1931), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), George Wassouf (1961), Ali Farzat (1951), and Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903). After him are Wafa Sultan (1958), Moaz al-Khatib (1960), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), Omar Souleyman (1966), Maximos IV Sayegh (1878), and Abdulbaset Sieda (1956).

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Among HISTORIANS In Syria

Among historians born in Syria, Abu Shama ranks 6. Before him are Ibn Kathir (1301), Al-Dhahabi (1274), Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), and Malchus (450).

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