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Faris ibn Abi Amr al-Wansharisi

ูุงุฑุณ ุจู† ุฃุจูŠ ุนู…ุฑูˆ ุงู„ูˆู†ุดุฑูŠุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1315 โ€“ 1358 (~43 years old)

Formidable Grand Vizier under Sultan Abu Inan Faris who oversaw the construction of the Bou Inania Madrasas of Fez and Meknes and supervised imperial taxation.

Fez, Morocco
Politics
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Abu Zayan Muhammad ibn Ya'qub

ุฃุจูˆ ุฒูŠุงู† ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ูŠุนู‚ูˆุจ ุงู„ู…ุฑูŠู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1335 โ€“ 1358 (~23 years old)

Marinid sultan who held the throne briefly in 1358 following the death of Abu Inan Faris, navigating extreme political intrigue between powerful court viziers.

Fez, Morocco
Sant Namdev
Philosophy & Thought
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Sant Namdev

เคธเค‚เคค เคจเคพเคฎเคฆเฅ‡เคต
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1270 โ€“ 1350 (79 years old)

14th-century tailor-saint who pioneered the Varkari tradition of Maharashtra and traveled across Northern India to Punjab, whose sixty-one devotional hymns were enshrined in the Sikh sacred scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib.

Pandharpur (Maharashtra), India
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman

ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ุญุณู† ุนู„ูŠ ุจู† ุนุซู…ุงู† ุงู„ู…ุฑูŠู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1297 โ€“ 1348 (51 years old)

Most formidable Marinid Sultan of Morocco, known as the 'Black Sultan', who unified Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia under his scepter, constructed the royal necropolis of Chellah, and transcribed the Quran in his own calligraphy.

Rabat, Morocco
Al-Nasir Muhammad
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Al-Nasir Muhammad

ุงู„ู†ุงุตุฑ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ู‚ู„ุงูˆูˆู†
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
March 24, 1285 CE โ€“ June 7, 1341 CE (56 years old)

Celebrated Mamluk Sultan whose third reign (1310-1341) represented the golden zenith of Mamluk Egypt, characterized by unprecedented economic affluence, massive urbanization, and decisive military victory over the Mongol Ilkhanate at Marj al-Saffar.

Cairo, Egypt
Religion
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Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุงู„ุญุงุฌ ุงู„ุนุจุฏุฑูŠ ุงู„ูุงุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1250 โ€“ 1336 (~86 years old)

Eminent Fez-born Maliki jurist and theological scholar whose monumental work Al-Madkhal provides one of the richest records of medieval social customs, education, and religious practice in Morocco and Egypt.

Cairo, Egypt
Al-Nuwayri
Sciences & Discovery
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Al-Nuwayri

ุดู‡ุงุจ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ุงู„ู†ูˆูŠุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1279 โ€“ 1333 (54 years old)

Egyptian Mamluk polymath, financial administrator, and encyclopedist who authored 'Nihayat al-Arab fi Funun al-Adab', a monumental thirty-three-volume encyclopedia preserving medieval Islamic science, history, and administration.

Cairo, Egypt
Military
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Jan Breydel

Jan Breydel
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
c. 1264 โ€“ c. 1333 (69 years old)

Butchers' guild leader and legendary Flemish patriot who, alongside Pieter de Coninck, led the popular revolt against French royal forces culminating in the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs.

Bruges, Belgium
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