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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... poetry and poets , history and historians , scolastic theology and theologians , genealogy and genealogists , being the sub- jects on which he displayed the extent of his acquirements . He died A. H. 175 ( A. D. 791-2 ) .— Fihrest , fol ...
... poetry and poets , history and historians , scolastic theology and theologians , genealogy and genealogists , being the sub- jects on which he displayed the extent of his acquirements . He died A. H. 175 ( A. D. 791-2 ) .— Fihrest , fol ...
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... poet had in view Habannaka , and , as Habannaka was a man , that he should have said ahmak ( stultus ) , not hamkâ ; whereas according to Ibn Abd Rabbîh , the poet really meant the woman called Dugha . Therefore , concludes the author ...
... poet had in view Habannaka , and , as Habannaka was a man , that he should have said ahmak ( stultus ) , not hamkâ ; whereas according to Ibn Abd Rabbîh , the poet really meant the woman called Dugha . Therefore , concludes the author ...
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... poet of the age . Al - Masûdi speaks of him in these terms , in his Murûj ad - Dahab : “ And , at Baghdad , " Ibn ... poetry he could assume every tone , from grave to gay ; and his poetical productions are too numerous to be reckoned ...
... poet of the age . Al - Masûdi speaks of him in these terms , in his Murûj ad - Dahab : “ And , at Baghdad , " Ibn ... poetry he could assume every tone , from grave to gay ; and his poetical productions are too numerous to be reckoned ...
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... poetry , and the men of learning in former times used to say : " Ibn Duraid is the most learned amongst the poets , and the ablest poet amongst the learned . " One of his pieces offers the following fine passage : 66 A brilliant ...
... poetry , and the men of learning in former times used to say : " Ibn Duraid is the most learned amongst the poets , and the ablest poet amongst the learned . " One of his pieces offers the following fine passage : 66 A brilliant ...
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... poetry . ( Some time after , ) Abû Bakr Ibn Duraid ( p . 37 of this vol . ) came into the kâdi Abû Omar's , with Abû ... poets whom he named . The kádi opened his library and took out the books . Abû Omar then began to discuss each ...
... poetry . ( Some time after , ) Abû Bakr Ibn Duraid ( p . 37 of this vol . ) came into the kâdi Abû Omar's , with Abû ... poets whom he named . The kádi opened his library and took out the books . Abû Omar then began to discuss each ...
Contents
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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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