PERSON

Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥāsib al-Miṣrī

Name (arabic)

أبو كامل شجاع بن أسلم بن محمد الحاسب المصري

Name (translit)

Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥāsib al-Miṣrī

Alias

Abū Kāmil
Auoquamel
Abū Kāmil al-Miṣrī
al-Ḥāsib al-Miṣrī

Born

235H/850J

Died

317H/930J

Lived in

Number in MAMS

124

ismi_id

95658

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