# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ahmad-al-qalqashandi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:28:30.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ahmad-al-qalqashandi"
name: "Ahmad al-Qalqashandi"
slug: "ahmad-al-qalqashandi"
description: "Shihāb al-Dīn Abū 'l-Abbās Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad ‘Abd Allāh al-Fazārī al-Shāfiʿī better known by the epithet al-Qalqashandī, was a medieval Arab Egyptian encyclopedist, polymath and mathematician. A native of the Nile Delta, he became a Scribe of the Scroll, or clerk of the Mamluk chancery in Cairo, Egypt. His magnum opus is the voluminous administrative encyclopedia Ṣubḥ al-Aʿshá."
tagline: "Egyptian polymath and mathematician (1355/56–1418)"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1355"
deathDate: "1418-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.37289733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump