See also:

• MAQRIZI, or MAKRIZI [Tagi ud-Din Ahmad ibn 'Al] (1364–1442)

MAQRIZI, or MAKRIZI [Tagi ud-Din Ahmad See also:

• IBN

ibn 'Al] (1364–1442)  , Arabian historian, known as al-See also:

• MAQRIZI, or MAKRIZI [Tagi ud-Din Ahmad ibn 'Al] (1364–1442)

Maqrizi because of his ancestral connexion with Maqriz, a suburb of See also:

• BAALBEK
• BAALBEK (anc. Heliopolis)

Baalbek, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo and spent most of his See also:

• LIFE

life in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, where he was trained in the Hanifite school of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, though later he became a Shafi`ite with an inclination to Zahirite views . In 1385 he made the See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage . For some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was secretary in a See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and in 1399 became inspector of markets for Cairo and See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Egypt . This See also:

• POST

post he soon gave up to become preacher at the See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque of `Amr, See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the mosque ul-Hakim, and a lecturer on tradition . In 1408 he went to See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus to become inspector of the Qalanisiyya and lecturer . Later he retired into private life at Cairo . In 1430 he made the pilgrimage with his See also:

• FAMILY

family and travelled for some five years . His learning was See also:

• GREAT

great, his observation accurate and his See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, but his books are largely compilations, and he does not always acknowledge the See also:

• SOURCES

sources to which he is indebted . Most of his See also:

• WORKS

works are concerned with Egypt . The most important is the Maw¢'iz w¢l-I'tibar fi dhikr ul-Ifitat wal-Aihdr (2 vols., Bulaq, 1854), translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French by U . Bouriant as Description topographique et historique de l'Egypte (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1895-1900; cf . A .

R . See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

Guest, " A See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

List of Writers, Books and other Authorities mentioned by El Magrizi in his Khitat," in See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of the Royal See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society, 1902, pp . 103–125) . Of his See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• FATIMITES
• FATIMITES, or FATIMIDES

Fatimites an See also:

• EXTRACT (from Lat. extrahere, to draw out)

extract was published by J . G . L . Kosegarten in his Chrestomathia (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1828), pp . 115–123; the History of the Avyubit and See also:

• MAMELUKE (anglicized through the French, from the Arabic mantluk, a slave)

Mameluke Rulers has been translated into French by E . See also:

• QUATREMERE, ETIENNE MARC (1782-1857)

Quatremere (2 vols., Paris, 1837–1845) . Magrizi began a large See also:

• WORK

work called the Mugaffa, a cyclopaedia of See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography in alphabetic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . It was intended to be in 8o volumes, but only 16 were written . Three autograph volumes exist 4n MS. in See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, and one in Paris .

Among smaller works published are the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan Coinage (ed . O . G . Tychsen, See also:

• ROSTOCK

Rostock, 1797 ; French See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by S. de Sacy, Paris, 1797); Arab Weights and See also:

• MEASURES

Measures (ed . Tychsen, Rostock, 'Soo) ; the Arabian Tribes that migrated to Egypt (ed . F Wiistenfeld, See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1847) ; the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of Hadhramaut (ed . P . B . Noskowyj, See also:

• BONN

Bonn, 1866) ; the Strife between the Bani Umayya and the Bani Hashim (ed G . Vos, Leiden, 1888), and the Moslems in See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia (ed . F . T .

Rink, Leiden, 1790) . For Maqrizi's life see the quotations from contemporary See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies in S. de Sacy's Chrestomathie arabe (2nd ed., Paris, 1826), ii . 112 seq., and for other works still in MS . C . Brockelmann, Gesch. der arabischen Litteratur (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1902), ii . 38-41 . (G . W .