Al-Mufaddal, also Moufazzal ibn Abi l-Fazil, was a 14th century Egyptian

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 historian. He was a Coptic Christian.

Al-Mufaddal wrote a book about the history of the Bahriyya Mamluks, entitled al-Nahdj al-sadîd wa-l-durr al-farîd fimâ ba'd Ta'rîkh Ibn al'Amîd, covering the period from 1260 to 1340. He finished his work in 1358. Al-Muffaddal gives precise descriptions of the history of Egypt and Syria

Syria

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, especially the Mongol occupation of Syria. He noted down the Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

 declaration made by the Mongols, as well as the content of the letters exchanged between Ghazan and al-Nâsir

Al-Nasir Muhammad

Al-Nasir Muhammad b. Cairo 1285, d...

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Works

• Moufazzal ibn Abi l-Fazil, Histoire des sultans mamlouks, edited and translated by Blochet.