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Abu al-Fida

Kurdish historian, geographer, and local governor of Hamāh

b. 1273 CE – d. 1331 CE World The Great Crossroads

Abu al-Fida (November 1273 – October 27, 1331), is a Kurdish historian, geographer, and local governor of Hamāh.

He is a prince of the Ayyubid dynasty and the author of The memoirs of a Syrian prince: Abu'l-Fidāʼ, Sultan of Ḥamāh.

The crater Abulfeda on the Moon, is named after him.

Moran, J. (2017). Abu al-Fida. History Atlas. Retrieved 15 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/abu-al-fida/

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