Scholars highly prize this text for three reasons:
Most medieval historians wrote about events decades after they happened. Ibn Iyas was in Cairo when the Ottoman army marched in. His description of the last Abbasid Caliph handing the Caliphate over to the Ottomans (or being forced to) is the primary source for this controversial historical moment. Kitab Badaiuz Zuhur Pdf--
While official histories record tax decrees and wars, Ibn Iyas records the price of bread, the spread of a new disease, the flood levels of the Nile, and even popular songs. This makes the a goldmine for anthropologists and sociologists. Scholars highly prize this text for three reasons:
The Unique Flowers regarding the Events of the Ages Author: Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Iyas (commonly known as Ibn Iyas ) (d. 1524 CE / 930 AH). Subject: History of Egypt and the Islamic World (specifically the late Mamluk and early Ottoman periods). While official histories record tax decrees and wars,