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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... verses from one of his kasidas may serve as an example of his pathetic style : Desist, self-tormentor 1 thus only can thy woes be healed. Thy eyes have exhausted their tears in weeping; try then to find others shedding copious drops ...
... verses from one of his kasidas may serve as an example of his pathetic style : Desist, self-tormentor 1 thus only can thy woes be healed. Thy eyes have exhausted their tears in weeping; try then to find others shedding copious drops ...
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... verses : ' Some persons accused thee and said that it was thou who caused my pains and afflic- ' tions ; but I denied the truth of their words, so that their suspicions might be turned ' away from thee to another : — I like the lover ...
... verses : ' Some persons accused thee and said that it was thou who caused my pains and afflic- ' tions ; but I denied the truth of their words, so that their suspicions might be turned ' away from thee to another : — I like the lover ...
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... verses, he immediately undertook to provide for the poet's wife, and he furnished her with every thing she required as long as her husband was absent. As for Ibn Asaad, he went to Egypt and recited to as-Salih Ibn Ruzzik the poem ...
... verses, he immediately undertook to provide for the poet's wife, and he furnished her with every thing she required as long as her husband was absent. As for Ibn Asaad, he went to Egypt and recited to as-Salih Ibn Ruzzik the poem ...
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... verses belong to a kasida, and the author has displayed in them great originality. But a certain poet has said, in comparing the pen to an army (3) : A family who, when they seize their pens in anger and dip them in the ink of fate ...
... verses belong to a kasida, and the author has displayed in them great originality. But a certain poet has said, in comparing the pen to an army (3) : A family who, when they seize their pens in anger and dip them in the ink of fate ...
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... verses in dispraise of early drinking. One of his sayings was : ' ' Eloquence is the just expression of ideas in few " words (4)," He observed also that if he was asked what was the finest passage of poetry which he knew of, he would ...
... verses in dispraise of early drinking. One of his sayings was : ' ' Eloquence is the just expression of ideas in few " words (4)," He observed also that if he was asked what was the finest passage of poetry which he knew of, he would ...
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