الكتابات التاريخية في ذكر المدن و العمران في العصور القديمة : تقي الدين المقريزي (ت 845ه 1441م)‎-أنموذجا

Abstract EN

The Arab and Islamic sources are among the most important sources that help the historian when studying the history of nations and peoples in ancient times, and among the scholars and historians who had extensive activity and tireless work in the field of historical writing with great interest in the urban aspect, Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi, one of the historians of the ninth century AH / fifteenth century AD And that is through his book Al-Maawa'at wa'l-I'tibar by mentioning plans and effects.

In this study, I will first try to introduce the historian Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi in terms of his lineage, origin, and scientific activity, then introduce his book al-Muawa'at al-I'tibar, and then shed light on the role of Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi in ancient historical writing and his treatment of various topics of life.

The civilization of the Egyptian country and what it included of plans and areas of ancient monuments about past nations and empty centuries, with a focus on common and rare topics in the texts and writings that Al-Maqrizi dealt with in his book on the ancient period through his description of cities and urbanization.