The fragrance of the good from the branch of Andalus the moist 8/1

Overview of the book Nafh Al-Tayyib from the Branch of the Moist Andalusia 8 volumes: It is considered one of the oldest Andalusian books and a significant historical encyclopedia in the study of the history, literature, and geography of Andalusia. This book came in two parts, a part about Andalusia, the Andalusian cities, and their inhabitants, describing their climate, clarifying their area, defining their lands, and the first to inhabit them, describing the inhabitants of Andalusia, their love for knowledge and literature, their behaviors, and their social characteristics, as well as the distant achievements they reached in the fields of science and arts. The other part is about the news of the minister Ibn Khallikan. Al-Maqrizi relied in his book on sources from which only a few have reached us, such as Ibn Sa'id's Morocco, Ibn Khaqan's Mamtah Al-Anfus, and the great Mamtah. He finished the book on Sunday, 27 Ramadan 1038 AH, and added chapters which he completed in Dhu al-Hijjah of the year 1039 AH. He had authored this book while in Cairo, expatriate from his homeland Tlemcen.