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Ahmad ibn Arabshah

1389 - 1450

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Abu Muhammad Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim also known as Muhammad ibn Arabshah (Arabic: ابن عَرَبْشَاه; 1389–1450), was an Arab writer and traveller who lived under the reign of Timur (1370–1405). Arabshah was born and grew up in Damascus. Later when Timur invaded Syria, he moved to Samarkand and later to Transoxiana. Arabshah later moved to Edirne and worked in the court of Sultan Mehmed I translating Arabic books to Turkish and Persian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad ibn Arabshah is the 1,727th most popular writer (up from 2,040th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Syria (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ahmad ibn Arabshah ranks 1,727 out of 7,302. Before him are Camilla Läckberg, Antoine de Montchrestien, Jacopone da Todi, Marlen Haushofer, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and Theodor Nöldeke. After him are Shen Yue, Boris Akunin, Herbjørg Wassmo, Liu Zongyuan, Edward Lear, and Caterina Albert.

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Among people born in 1389, Ahmad ibn Arabshah ranks 5. Before him are Cosimo de' Medici, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Isabella of Valois, and John V, Duke of Brittany. After him are Philip II, Count of Nevers, Antoninus of Florence, and Zbigniew Oleśnicki. Among people deceased in 1450, Ahmad ibn Arabshah ranks 6. Before him are Sejong the Great, Helena Dragaš, Agnès Sorel, Abdal-Latif Mirza, and Stefano di Giovanni. After him are Basil Valentine, Nuno Gonçalves, Francis I, Duke of Brittany, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Bengt Jönsson, and Leonello d'Este.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Ahmad ibn Arabshah ranks 99 out of 210. Before him are Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Husni al-Za'im (1897), Bushra al-Assad (1960), Ghassan Massoud (1958), Hussein Arnous (1953), and Jurji Zaydan (1861). After him are Sergius I of Constantinople (565), Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934), Vaballathus (266), Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), John X of Antioch (1955), and Eulogius of Alexandria (501).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Ahmad ibn Arabshah ranks 12. Before him are Andrew of Crete (660), Herodian (170), Abu Tammam (788), Cassius Longinus (213), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), and Jurji Zaydan (1861). After him are Alciphron (200), John Moschus (550), Maryana Marrash (1848), Ghada al-Samman (1942), Buhturi (819), and Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855).

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