Full name:
Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Majid al-Najid
Arabic name:
أحمد بن ماجد
Date of birth:
1421
Ahmad ibn Majid navigator and writer. Ibn Majid, whose full name was Shihab al-Din Ahmad ibn Majid al-Najid, was born at Julfar, in modern Oman, in the mid-1430s.
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