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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... recited these lines : ' They who caused me to taste their love now make me weep ; they awoke my heart to ' passion, but then their hearts yielded to slumber. They roused me, but when I stood ' up with the burden which they placed upon ...
... recited these lines : ' They who caused me to taste their love now make me weep ; they awoke my heart to ' passion, but then their hearts yielded to slumber. They roused me, but when I stood ' up with the burden which they placed upon ...
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... recited these " verses: ' Alas ! a stranger, lonely and far from home, is here weeping in affliction ! With ' each fresh burst of grief, illness draweth closer to his enfeebled body I' " He then swooned away, and we remained sitting ...
... recited these " verses: ' Alas ! a stranger, lonely and far from home, is here weeping in affliction ! With ' each fresh burst of grief, illness draweth closer to his enfeebled body I' " He then swooned away, and we remained sitting ...
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... recited to me by one of our shaikhs, with the remark that he had heard Ibn Abi Usrun repeat them very often, but that he did not know if they were his own or not; they are given, however, as that doctor's by the kdtib in the Kharida: I ...
... recited to me by one of our shaikhs, with the remark that he had heard Ibn Abi Usrun repeat them very often, but that he did not know if they were his own or not; they are given, however, as that doctor's by the kdtib in the Kharida: I ...
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... recited to as-Salih Ibn Ruzzik the poem composed in his praise, and rhyming in K, of which some verses have been already given (vol. I. page 658). He afterwards underwent various vicissitudes of fortune and became at length a professor ...
... recited to as-Salih Ibn Ruzzik the poem composed in his praise, and rhyming in K, of which some verses have been already given (vol. I. page 658). He afterwards underwent various vicissitudes of fortune and became at length a professor ...
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... recited to him the following lines, and stated that the thought which they contained was perfectly original and had never before been expressed : His letters are the destruction of squadrons ; and when they go forth, I know not which is ...
... recited to him the following lines, and stated that the thought which they contained was perfectly original and had never before been expressed : His letters are the destruction of squadrons ; and when they go forth, I know not which is ...
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