Al-Balawī
10th-century Egyptian historian
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Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallah ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmayr Maḥfūẓ al-Madini al-Balawī (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الله بن محمد بن عمير بن محفوظ المديني البلوي), commonly known as al-Balawī (Arabic: البلوي), was an Egyptian Arab historian of the 10th century (4th century AH).[1] He belonged to the Arab tribe of Bali, a branch of Quda'a.[2]
