Stay alive : the Mustansirite hardship

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  • Language : Arabic
  • Subject : Novels, Historical fiction
  • Author : Ibrahim Ahmed Essa
  • ISBN : 978977658527
  • Year : 2019

When the Nile waters dried up in the era of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Mustansir Billah and famine spread, people were eating anything, alive or dead, and society lost its humanity and began to struggle for life. A historical novel based on the actual seven-year famine that occurred between 1064 and 1071 CE. Around 40,000 people are estimated to have starved to death during this terrible crisis.

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Book Details

Title Stay alive : the Mustansirite hardship
Language Arabic
Subject Novels, Historical fiction
Author
ISBN 978977658527
Year
Native Title ابق حيا : الشدة المستنصرية
Binding Paperback
Edition 9th edition
Pages 279
Native Author Name إبراهيم أحمد عيسى
Size 20 cm

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