Al-Balawī

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallah ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmayr Maḥfūẓ al-Madini al-Balawī (أبو محمد عبد الله بن محمد بن عمير بن محفوظ المديني البلوي), commonly known as al-Balawī (البلوي), was an Egyptian Arab historian of the 10th century (4th century AH). He belonged to the Arab tribe of Bali, a branch of Quda'a.