Mahmud Taymur

Mahmud Ahmad Taymur (16 June 1894 – 25 August 1973 AD)[1] was a fiction writer.

Early life

He was born in Cairo into a family famous for literature. His father, Ahmed Taymur Pasha (1871-1930 AD) was a well-known writer, who was known for his broad interests in Arab heritage, and he was a researcher in the arts of Arabic language, literature and history, And he left a great library, which is "Timurid", which is considered an ammunition for researchers to date in the Egyptian Books House, including the anecdotes of books and manuscripts. His brother Mohammed has the first short story in Arabic literature.[2]

References
  1. "Maḥ̥mūd Taymūr (1894-1973)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  2. "Maḥmūd Taymūr | Egyptian author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-03-25.


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