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Mujīr al-Dīn al-'Ulaymī (Arabic: مجير الدين العليمي{{#invoke:Category handler|main}}) (1456–1522), often simply Mujir al-Din, was a Jerusalemite qadi and Palestinian historian whose principal work chronicled the history of Jerusalem and Hebron in the Middle Ages.<ref name=Littlep237>Little, 1995, p. 237.</ref><ref name=Donzelp291>van Donzel, 1994, p. 291.</ref> Entitled al-Uns al-Jalil bi-tarikh al-Quds wal-Khalil ("The glorious history of Jerusalem and Hebron") (c. 1495), it is considered to be invaluable, constituting "the most comprehensive and detailed source for the history of Jerusalem" written in its time.<ref name=Littlep237/><ref name=Khalidip216>Khalidi, 1998, p. 216, footnote 25.</ref><ref name=Oconnorp148>Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p. 148.</ref>
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Mujīr al-Dīn al-'Ulaymī (Arabic: مجير الدين العليمي{{#invoke:Category handler|main}}) (1456–1522), often simply Mujir al-Din, was a Jerusalemite qadi and Palestinian historian whose principal work chronicled the history of Jerusalem and Hebron in the Middle Ages.<ref name=Littlep237>Little, 1995, p. 237.</ref><ref name=Donzelp291>van Donzel, 1994, p. 291.</ref> Entitled al-Uns al-Jalil bi-tarikh al-Quds wal-Khalil ("The glorious history of Jerusalem and Hebron") (c. 1495), it is considered to be invaluable, constituting "the most comprehensive and detailed source for the history of Jerusalem" written in its time.<ref name=Littlep237/><ref name=Khalidip216>Khalidi, 1998, p. 216, footnote 25.</ref><ref name=Oconnorp148>Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p. 148.</ref>
Mujir al-Din sections
Intro Name and background Education Career Influence Burial place and commemorative shrines Descendants Footnotes References Bibliography
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