What is Abu Shama?
'''Abū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maḳdisī''' was a historian from [[Damascus]]. He was born in 1203 and died in 1267.<ref>[http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/index.php/Abu_Shama Abu Shama]</ref><ref>[https://www.medievalists.net/2010/02/pre-eighteenth-century-traditions-of-revivalism-damascus-in-the-thirteenth-century/ Pre-Eighteenth-Century Traditions of Revivalism: Damascus in the Thirteenth Century]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1203 births]] [[Category:1267 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}