Ibn Arabshah Abu Muhammad Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim أبو محمد شهاب الدين أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الله بن إبراهيم | |
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 The autograph of Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Aja'ib al-Maqdur fi Akhbar Taymur, dated 839, Adilnor Collection | |
| Born | 1389 (1389) Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate |
| Died | 1450 (aged 60–61) Egypt,Mamluk Sultanate |
| Resting place | Egypt |
| Pen name | Ibn Arabshah |
| Occupation | Arab writer, traveller and Historian |
| Language | Arabic |
| Nationality | Sham |
| Period | 9thIslamic century |
Abu Muhammad Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim also known asMuhammad ibn Arabshah (Arabic:ابن عَرَبْشَاه; 1389–1450), was anArab[1] writer and traveller who lived under the reign ofTimur (1370–1405).[2]
Arabshah was born and grew up in Damascus. Later when Timur invadedSyria, he moved toSamarkand and later toTransoxiana. Arabshah later moved toEdirne and worked in the court of SultanMehmed I translating Arabic books toTurkish andPersian. He later returned to Damascus after having been absent from the city for 23 years. In his critical biography of Timur,Aja'ib al-Maqdur, written in Arabic, Arabshah highlighted Timur's illiteracy of Arabic and his preference for Persian literature.[3] Later he moved toEgypt and died there.
The famous Muslim scholar,Abd al-Wahhab ibn Arabshah, was his son.
Ibn Arabshah*, Ahmad b. Muhammad: Arab historian and writer of Damascus; 13921450. He had learned Persian, Turkish and Mongol and in his chief work describes the conquests of Tamerlane and the conditions under his successor Shah Rukh.
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