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Abu al-Fida
Abu al-Fida was an Ayyubid prince, historian and geographer who ruled Hama under Mamluk overlordship from 1310 until his death in 1331. A friend of the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad, he received the title of sultan. His universal history and his geography, Taqwim al-Buldan, were widely used and later translated in Europe.
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