Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, Volume 2Cosimo, 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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... asked me if the Greek sovereign had said any thing to me before he gave me the paper? "Yes," I replied, "he asked me if I was of a royal family, and I " answered that I belonged to the general class of the Arabs." I then retired and had ...
... asked me if the Greek sovereign had said any thing to me before he gave me the paper? "Yes," I replied, "he asked me if I was of a royal family, and I " answered that I belonged to the general class of the Arabs." I then retired and had ...
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... asked the cause • " I was straitened for room in my mother's womb." The fact was that she had two sons at a birth, and (Ibn Kutaiba,) the author of the Kitdb al-Madrif pretends that she was pregnant with him for two years. — It is ...
... asked the cause • " I was straitened for room in my mother's womb." The fact was that she had two sons at a birth, and (Ibn Kutaiba,) the author of the Kitdb al-Madrif pretends that she was pregnant with him for two years. — It is ...
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... asked whose body was that which was nearest to " him, and on learning that it was Ibrahim al-Mausili's, he ordered it to be " removed and that of al-Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf to be put in the first place. When " he had finished the prayer and ...
... asked whose body was that which was nearest to " him, and on learning that it was Ibrahim al-Mausili's, he ordered it to be " removed and that of al-Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf to be put in the first place. When " he had finished the prayer and ...
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... asked what he wanted ; to which he made answer : ' My " master wishes to give you his dying injunctions.' We then turned off from " the road and followed him till, at some distance, we found a man lying under " a tree and unable to give ...
... asked what he wanted ; to which he made answer : ' My " master wishes to give you his dying injunctions.' We then turned off from " the road and followed him till, at some distance, we found a man lying under " a tree and unable to give ...
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... asked us about that fellow, we could have directed thee, for he did not " stir out of our sight all day (3).' Al-Asmai then repeated these lines : 4 Any bedfellow is good on the break of day, after a frosty night, when the chilled ...
... asked us about that fellow, we could have directed thee, for he did not " stir out of our sight all day (3).' Al-Asmai then repeated these lines : 4 Any bedfellow is good on the break of day, after a frosty night, when the chilled ...
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