uthm n Ibn Ibr h m Al-N bulus

Uthm n ibn Ibr h m al-N bulus (d. 660/1262), of Palestinian origin, was a leading Egyptian bureaucrat in the court of the Ayyubid sultans. In addition to his pivotal work, The Sword of Ambition , he wrote several works on Egyptian administration and government, including A Presentation of the Living, Eternal God's Work in Regulating the Fayyum , the most extensive tax record that survives from the medieval Middle East.

Uthm n ibn Ibr h m al-N bulus (d. 660/1262), of Palestinian origin, was a leading Egyptian bureaucrat in the court of the Ayyubid sultans. In addition to his pivotal work, The Sword of Ambition , he wrote several works on Egyptian administration and government, including A Presentation of the Living, Eternal God's Work in Regulating the Fayyum , the most extensive tax record that survives from the medieval Middle East. See less