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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... notices on their learned men. The life of Avicenna offers us a transitory glance at his early education, and therefore merits attention, but much fuller information will be obtained from the autobiography of Abd al-Lalif. In this work ...
... notices on their learned men. The life of Avicenna offers us a transitory glance at his early education, and therefore merits attention, but much fuller information will be obtained from the autobiography of Abd al-Lalif. In this work ...
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... notice was just terminated, when a large manuscript, containing the biography of the doctor and historian Ahmad Ibn Ali Ibn Hajar al-Askalani, by the hdfiz Shams ad-dln Muhammad as-Sakhawi, fell into the writer's hands. A chapter of ...
... notice was just terminated, when a large manuscript, containing the biography of the doctor and historian Ahmad Ibn Ali Ibn Hajar al-Askalani, by the hdfiz Shams ad-dln Muhammad as-Sakhawi, fell into the writer's hands. A chapter of ...
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... notice and ranked him as one of the seven great masters of that science. He had learned it from Abu Abd ar-Bah- man as-Sulami (1) and Zirr Ibn Hubaish (2); he taught it to Abu Bakr Ibn Aiyash (see vol. I. page 553) and Abu Omar al ...
... notice and ranked him as one of the seven great masters of that science. He had learned it from Abu Abd ar-Bah- man as-Sulami (1) and Zirr Ibn Hubaish (2); he taught it to Abu Bakr Ibn Aiyash (see vol. I. page 553) and Abu Omar al ...
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... notice in the printed Arabic text: here uilJI has been put for oi)U jjvc, and in the first line Jj ', for Jj y. In the third line the word ~)| must be suppressed. A too scrupulous adherence to his manuscripts led the editor into these ...
... notice in the printed Arabic text: here uilJI has been put for oi)U jjvc, and in the first line Jj ', for Jj y. In the third line the word ~)| must be suppressed. A too scrupulous adherence to his manuscripts led the editor into these ...
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... Notices et Extraits, torn. XII. page 578. (8) The TdbH were classed by the length of time which they had known and frequented the companions of Muhammad. (9) This Ibn Kathir is cited in the Sahlh as an authority for one of the ...
... Notices et Extraits, torn. XII. page 578. (8) The TdbH were classed by the length of time which they had known and frequented the companions of Muhammad. (9) This Ibn Kathir is cited in the Sahlh as an authority for one of the ...
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