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October 1

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  1. 1886 CEIslamic · born

    Ahmad Amin, the Egyptian historian whose multi-volume Fajr al-Islam traced the intellectual life of early Islamic civilization, was born in Cairo.

  2. 2022 CEEgyptian · died

    David O'Connor, the Australian-American Egyptologist whose long excavations at Abydos reshaped understanding of early Egypt, died on this day in 2022.

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