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  "ar": "بيري رئيس أحمد بن محيي الدين",
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "محيي الدين أحمد بن محمد، الملقب ببيري رئيس. عالم ملاحة وقائد في البحرية المصرية والأسطول العثماني، ومن رواد رسم الخرائط البحرية. {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}\n\nتوفي سنة 958هـ (1552م)، بحسب «موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء». وهو من أهل السنة بحسب بيانات المتحف. {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}"
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     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Muhyi al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad, known as Piri Reis. He was a navigation scholar and commander in the Egyptian navy and the Ottoman fleet, and one of the pioneers of nautical cartography {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}."
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     "heading": "Death and affiliation",
     "markdown": "He died in 958 AH (1552 CE), according to the \"Encyclopedia of the Notable Scholars and Men of Letters\". By the museum's data he is Sunni {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}."
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     "markdown": "محی الدین احمد بن محمد، جو پیری رئیس کے لقب سے مشہور ہیں۔ وہ علمِ ملاحت کے ماہر اور مصری بحریہ اور عثمانی بیڑے کے قائد تھے، اور بحری نقشہ سازی کے ابتدائی ماہرین میں شمار ہوتے ہیں {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}۔\n\n«موسوعہ اعلام العلماء والادباء» کے مطابق ان کی وفات 958 ہجری (1552ء) میں ہوئی۔ میوزیم کے ریکارڈ کے مطابق وہ اہل سنت میں سے تھے {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba}۔"
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