Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3Cosimo, Inc., 2010 M01 1 - 706 pages Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, or Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch, was the noted Arabic scholar Ibn Khallikan's most well-known and respected work. The author worked on the tome from 1256 to 1274, compiling names, genealogies, and histories of prominent or conspicuous men in the Islamic world. The final work was translated into English by William MacGuckin de Slane and is longer than 2,700 pages. It has been quoted by many Arabic rhetoricians and grammarians in other works, as it is considered one of the most important records of Arabic history ever written. Here, separated into four volumes, the Biographical Dictionary is an essential work for any student of Muslim culture and literature. Volume III includes: A detailed index of all biographies; notes from the translator for each biography; and genealogies of hundreds of Muslim figures, including The Katib Imad Ad-Din Al-Ispahani, Abu Bakr Al-Khowarezmi, Mukhlis Ad-Dawla Mukallad, and Nasr Al-Khubzaruzzi. IBN KHALLIKAN (1211-1282) was a thirteenth century Arabic scholar who studied in Damascus, Mosul and Aleppo, specializing in the fields of language, theology, and law, including jurisprudence. He became a well-respected judge in Cairo, eventually becoming a chief judge in Damascus in 1261. Khallikan wrote several books, but his most well known was Deaths of Eminent Men and History of the Sons of the Epoch, often referred to as the "Biographical Dictionary," which took him almost 20 years to complete. Khallikan retired from his position as judge just before his death in 1282. He was one of the most well-known historians and theologians in Egypt. |
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Page 12
... asked what was sś fism : to possess nothing and to let nothing possess you . " This eminent shaikh died some time after al- Junaid .— ( Lawākīh al - Anwār fi Tabakāt il - Akhyār , by Abd al - Wahhāb as - Shārāni ; MS . of the ...
... asked what was sś fism : to possess nothing and to let nothing possess you . " This eminent shaikh died some time after al- Junaid .— ( Lawākīh al - Anwār fi Tabakāt il - Akhyār , by Abd al - Wahhāb as - Shārāni ; MS . of the ...
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... asked him the date of his birth , and he informed me that he was born on the eve of Thursday , the 21st of Shaabān , A. H. 468 ( April , A. D. 1076 ) . He died in North Africa and was interred in the city of Fez , in the month of the ...
... asked him the date of his birth , and he informed me that he was born on the eve of Thursday , the 21st of Shaabān , A. H. 468 ( April , A. D. 1076 ) . He died in North Africa and was interred in the city of Fez , in the month of the ...
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... asked his opinion . Ibn as - Sam- māk proposed to him this question : " Had the Commander of the faithful ever " the occasion of committing an act of disobedience towards God , and abstained from " it through fear of offending him ...
... asked his opinion . Ibn as - Sam- māk proposed to him this question : " Had the Commander of the faithful ever " the occasion of committing an act of disobedience towards God , and abstained from " it through fear of offending him ...
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Ibn Khallikan. asked her what she thought of it . She replied that it would have been good , were it not for the repetitions . " But , " said he , " 1 employ repetitions in order to make " those understand who do not . " — " Yes , " she ...
Ibn Khallikan. asked her what she thought of it . She replied that it would have been good , were it not for the repetitions . " But , " said he , " 1 employ repetitions in order to make " those understand who do not . " — " Yes , " she ...
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... asking him ques- “ tions and others reading to him ; and he answered every question without ( consult- ing ) a book . I followed his lessons upwards of ten years , and I never saw him with a book in his hand ; and yet he dictated to his ...
... asking him ques- “ tions and others reading to him ; and he answered every question without ( consult- ing ) a book . I followed his lessons upwards of ten years , and I never saw him with a book in his hand ; and yet he dictated to his ...
Contents
Section 23 | 362 |
Section 24 | 365 |
Section 25 | 377 |
Section 26 | 384 |
Section 27 | 386 |
Section 28 | 412 |
Section 29 | 415 |
Section 30 | 437 |
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Section 12 | 144 |
Section 13 | 148 |
Section 14 | 150 |
Section 15 | 155 |
Section 16 | 159 |
Section 17 | 172 |
Section 18 | 232 |
Section 19 | 256 |
Section 20 | 317 |
Section 21 | 329 |
Section 22 | 351 |
Section 31 | 440 |
Section 32 | 446 |
Section 33 | 493 |
Section 34 | 502 |
Section 35 | 517 |
Section 36 | 522 |
Section 37 | 530 |
Section 38 | 565 |
Section 39 | 574 |
Section 40 | 608 |
Section 41 | 612 |
Section 42 | 628 |
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