Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 4Cosimo, Inc., 2010 M01 1 - 638 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 IV includes: An Introduction by the Mac Guckin de Slane, a detailed index of all biographies; notes from the translator for each biography; and genealogies of hundreds of Muslim figures, including Yusuf Ibn Abd Al-Mumin, Yakub Ibn Al-laith As-Saffar, and The Kadi Baha Ad-Din Ibn Shaddad. 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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... native place , with the inten- tion of continuing his studies at Aleppo . 66 56 ( g ) Biog . Dict . , vol . II , page 435 , vol . IV , p . 423. For the life of Bahà ad - Din Ibn Shaddâd , consult vol . IV , page 417 et seq .; a very ...
... native place , with the inten- tion of continuing his studies at Aleppo . 66 56 ( g ) Biog . Dict . , vol . II , page 435 , vol . IV , p . 423. For the life of Bahà ad - Din Ibn Shaddâd , consult vol . IV , page 417 et seq .; a very ...
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... native of Aleppo . ( 1 ) This was the father of Abd al - Malik , the Abbaside prince of whom we have spoken in the first vo- lume , page 316 . YAKUT AL - MAUSILI , THE PENMAN The katib ( secretary or writer ) Abû ' d - Durr ( the father ...
... native of Aleppo . ( 1 ) This was the father of Abd al - Malik , the Abbaside prince of whom we have spoken in the first vo- lume , page 316 . YAKUT AL - MAUSILI , THE PENMAN The katib ( secretary or writer ) Abû ' d - Durr ( the father ...
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... native soil are deprived of their presence ? May God never afflict ( us ) with the departure of a tribe by whose removal full moons ( handsome faces ) and pliant branches ( slender waists ) disappeared from our eyes ! They set out and ...
... native soil are deprived of their presence ? May God never afflict ( us ) with the departure of a tribe by whose removal full moons ( handsome faces ) and pliant branches ( slender waists ) disappeared from our eyes ! They set out and ...
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... native place and sold at Baghdad to a merchant named Askar Ibn Abi Nasr Ibn Ibrâhîm al - Hamawi . His master sent him to school , with the intention of deriving profit from him later , in making him keep the ac- counts of his commercial ...
... native place and sold at Baghdad to a merchant named Askar Ibn Abi Nasr Ibn Ibrâhîm al - Hamawi . His master sent him to school , with the intention of deriving profit from him later , in making him keep the ac- counts of his commercial ...
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... native of that place and fearing to lose his life if his adversary mentioned what he had said . On arriving in Khorâsân , he stopped there for the purpose of trading to the towns in that country , and fixed his residence at Marw ( Meru ) ...
... native of that place and fearing to lose his life if his adversary mentioned what he had said . On arriving in Khorâsân , he stopped there for the purpose of trading to the towns in that country , and fixed his residence at Marw ( Meru ) ...
Contents
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Section 21 | 270 |
Section 22 | 287 |
Section 31 | 415 |
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Section 33 | 435 |
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Section 35 | 569 |
Section 36 | 574 |
Section 37 | 580 |
Section 38 | 586 |
Section 39 | 597 |
Section 40 | 598 |
Section 41 | 600 |
Section 42 | 602 |
Section 43 | 603 |
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