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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... prince addressed me a number of questions, to all of which I returned satisfactory answers. It was not customary for ambassadors to make a long stay at his cpurt, but he detained me so many days that I desired impatiently to depart ...
... prince addressed me a number of questions, to all of which I returned satisfactory answers. It was not customary for ambassadors to make a long stay at his cpurt, but he detained me so many days that I desired impatiently to depart ...
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... prince whom Hamza al-Ispahani mentions as the immediate predecessor of Zu Shanatir, the celebrated tyrant of Yemen, who was slain by Zu Nuwas.— (See Schulten's Historia Ioctanidarum, p. 37.) (9) M. de Sacy says, in his Anthologie ...
... prince whom Hamza al-Ispahani mentions as the immediate predecessor of Zu Shanatir, the celebrated tyrant of Yemen, who was slain by Zu Nuwas.— (See Schulten's Historia Ioctanidarum, p. 37.) (9) M. de Sacy says, in his Anthologie ...
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... prince's handwriting and, among other passages, it contained one relative to Sharaf ad-din's blindness and his opinion that the post of kadi could be lawfully filled by a blind man, although all the other jurisconsults declared the ...
... prince's handwriting and, among other passages, it contained one relative to Sharaf ad-din's blindness and his opinion that the post of kadi could be lawfully filled by a blind man, although all the other jurisconsults declared the ...
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... Prince of the faithful I you have roused Muhammad, and in your hand he is a lance and a sword. You no sooner direct his thoughts towards a rebel, than you have directed an army against that foe. I afterwards discovered an idea similar ...
... Prince of the faithful I you have roused Muhammad, and in your hand he is a lance and a sword. You no sooner direct his thoughts towards a rebel, than you have directed an army against that foe. I afterwards discovered an idea similar ...
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... prince always consulted him and placed the highest confidence in his talents. He invited him to become a Moslim, and after a long resistance, Sinan was forced to compliance by the threats of the khalif and the apprehension inspired by ...
... prince always consulted him and placed the highest confidence in his talents. He invited him to become a Moslim, and after a long resistance, Sinan was forced to compliance by the threats of the khalif and the apprehension inspired by ...
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