Egyptian polymath and mathematician (1355/56–1418)

Alqalqasandiy's the earliest written reference to sleeping sickness (maAliy - 1373 AD) / by Farid S. Haddad.

Nihāyat al-arab fī maʻrifat ansāb al-ʻarab / taʼlīf Abī al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad al-Qalqashandī, 756 h.-821 h., taḥqīq Ibrāhīm al-Ibyārī.

Maʼāthir al-ināfah fī maʻālim al-khilāfah / lil-Qalqashandī : tahqīq ʻAbd al-Sattār Aḥmad Farrāj.

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Nihāyat al-arab fī maʻrifat ansāb al-ʻarab / taʼlīf Abī al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad al-Qalqashandī, 756 h.-821 h., taḥqīq Ibrāhīm al-Ibyārī.

Maʼāthir al-ināfah fī maʻālim al-khilāfah / lil-Qalqashandī : tahqīq ʻAbd al-Sattār Aḥmad Farrāj.