Ibn Khallikan's Biographical DictionaryCosimo, Inc., 2010 M01 1 - 714 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 II includes: An Introduction by Mac Guckin de Slane; a detailed index of all biographies; notes from the translator for each biography; and detailed genealogies of hundreds of Muslim figures, including Ibn Babak the Poet, As-Sulaihi, Malik Ibn Dinar, and Ar-Rabai the Grammarian. 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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... bear to be separated from her a single instant. He therefore had her attired in the uniform of a page, so that she might accompany him when he rode out. She died before him, and he continued inconsolable for her loss till Shabib Ibn ...
... bear to be separated from her a single instant. He therefore had her attired in the uniform of a page, so that she might accompany him when he rode out. She died before him, and he continued inconsolable for her loss till Shabib Ibn ...
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... bear her ! it is a love without beginning and without end (7) . Since thy rigours cannot be softened unless by the intercession of another, I renounce such love as requires a mediator. I swear that indifference or dislike are not the ...
... bear her ! it is a love without beginning and without end (7) . Since thy rigours cannot be softened unless by the intercession of another, I renounce such love as requires a mediator. I swear that indifference or dislike are not the ...
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... bears the title of al-Ikti- ddb fi sharh Adab al-Kuttdb (Extemporizing, being a commentary on the Guide for Kdtibs), and is a proof of the extensive information possessed by its author. — Kutaiba is the diminutive of kitba, the singular ...
... bears the title of al-Ikti- ddb fi sharh Adab al-Kuttdb (Extemporizing, being a commentary on the Guide for Kdtibs), and is a proof of the extensive information possessed by its author. — Kutaiba is the diminutive of kitba, the singular ...
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... bear of the desert ! He died in the city of Bokhara, A. H. 430 (A. D. 1 038-9).— DabM is derived from Dabusiya, the name of a town between Bokhara and Samarkand, which has produced a number of learned men. (1! Taalikas were of two kinds ...
... bear of the desert ! He died in the city of Bokhara, A. H. 430 (A. D. 1 038-9).— DabM is derived from Dabusiya, the name of a town between Bokhara and Samarkand, which has produced a number of learned men. (1! Taalikas were of two kinds ...
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... bear them to deprive me of existence, the perfume of that love would yet remain ! I am like the taper, useful to those around it, but consuming itself away. I never went to meet thee, Laila 1 without feeling as if the earth were folded ...
... bear them to deprive me of existence, the perfume of that love would yet remain ! I am like the taper, useful to those around it, but consuming itself away. I never went to meet thee, Laila 1 without feeling as if the earth were folded ...
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