Taha Abd al-Maqsud Abd al-Hamid Abu Ubayya
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Taha Abd al-Maqsud Abd al-Hamid Abu Ubayya is an Egyptian scholar and academic associated with the Faculty of Dar al-Ulum at Cairo University.
Academic Career and Research
Abu Ubayya worked as an academic researcher at Cairo University's Faculty of Dar al-Ulum. His historical research focused on early Islamic military expansion; in his study Mujaz an al-Futuhat al-Islamiyya (A Summary of the Islamic Conquests), he examined the major theaters of the early Islamic conquests across the eastern frontiers, the Byzantine regions, North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and southern France, connecting military campaigns with political developments in the central Islamic state and utilizing illustrative maps to outline historical sites.
In manuscript editing and philology, he prepared an edition and commentary of al-Matali' al-Nasriyya lil-Matabi' al-Misriyya fi al-Usul al-Khattiyya by Nasr al-Hurini, which he completed in Cairo in Dhu al-Qi'da 1415 AH (April 1995 CE).
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Mujaz an al-Futuhat al-Islamiyya (A Summary of the Islamic Conquests) is a historical study that examines the major military expansions and strategic campaigns of early Islamic history, with a primary focus on the Umayyad period.