Al-Najm Ibn Fahd Makki and her Approach in his Book “Aldor Alkamin Bedhil Alaqd Althamin Fee Tarikh Albalad Alamin”

The book (Al-Durr Al-Kamin with the Foot of the Precious Contract in the History of the Faithful Country) by the star Omar Bin Fahd (d. 885AH/1480AD) is one of the important manuscripts that contains information about the cultural and scientific life in Makkah. Historiography, and the primary role of women in sciences and schools, and contained the translations of men, and arranged the translations on the letters of the alphabet, and began with the Mohammedans for the honor of the name. The star was born in Makkah in the year (812 AH), and he is from the Alawite family whose lineage ends with Imam Ali (peace be upon him). And he took many students from his knowledge and they became prominent scholars. Al-Najm benefited from the sources that specialize in history and language dictionaries because they contain sufficient resources for the translator’s life for them. He translated in his book to the people of Mecca or those nearby and others, and he had a great place among historians in the Hijaz and followed the method of comprehensiveness in He mentioned adequate information in the translations, and he followed a new method of translation in which he used the graves of the deceased, and translated for many people from the Meccan families. The study of Arab-Muslim historians is one of the most important historical studies because it reveals an important episode of the nation’s intellectual heritage, defines the features of Arab-Islamic history, and consolidates the method of historical research. These studies necessitate getting to know the historians’ curricula, writing methods, sources and works, which he considers one of the means that leads to revealing the sources of their information. The importance of this research comes from the fact that the star Omar was one of the prominent scholars and thinkers in the ninth century AH.. The Banu Fahd lived in two states, the Mamluk and the Ottoman states, and they mentioned many details of the lives of the people of Mecca. In this research, he followed the inductive approach in tracking historical events and facts and analyzing them in a neutral and objective manner that shows the extent of Omar bin Fahd’s interest in Mecca, its history and its people in his book (Al-Durr Al-Kamin). Through this message, we obtained facts:

1. 1. He was born into a family famous for science.
2. 2. Al-Najm bin Fahd was distinguished by his intelligence and seriousness in seeking knowledge through his attendance at the councils of scholars and sheikhs.
3. 3. Al-Najm bin Fahd had the qualities of not being submissive to rulers and rulers, and his pen was free to write.