Ibn Faḍl Allāh al‐'Umari

Japanese: ウマリー（英語表記）Ibn Faḍl Allāh al‐‘Umarī

1301‐49
He was one of the leading encyclopedic scholars of the Mamluk period. He was born and died in Damascus. He served as a teacher and judge in Cairo, Alexandria, and other places. He excelled in literature, history, geography, and scribal arts, and has written books in each field. His main achievement is the large geographical work, List of the Distances of the Roads in Various Countries, which provides detailed information on the regions of Egypt, Syria, and Hijaz of his time, as well as the various tribes of Mongolia, Turkey, and Kurdistan, and provides valuable information in a variety of descriptions, including topography, biographies, and natural history. [Yukawa Takeshi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1301‐49
マムルーク朝時代の代表的な百科全書的学者の一人。ダマスクスで生まれ没した。カイロ，アレクサンドリアなどで，教師，裁判官を務める。文学，歴史，地理，書記術などに優れ，それぞれの分野の著書がある。主たる業績は地理学の大著《諸国道里一覧》で，同時代のエジプト，シリア，ヒジャーズ，そのうえモンゴル，トルコ，クルドなどの諸族の地方についても詳しく，地誌，人物誌，博物誌など，多彩な記述で貴重な情報を提供する。【湯川武】

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