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IBN KHALLIKAN'S

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.

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MEMBER OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE, ACADÉMIE DES INSCRIPTIONS ET BELLES-LETTRES, ETC.

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The celebrated hafiz Abû Abd Allah Muhammad Ibn Abi Nasr Fatûh Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Humaid Ibn Yasil al-Humaidi was a member of the tribe of Azd and a native of the island of Majorca; but his family originally belonged to ar-Rusâfa, a suburb of Cordova. He delivered traditional information on the authority of Ali Ibn Hazm az-Zâhiri (vol. II. p. 267), to whom he had been particularly attached, and from whose lips he had learned so much that he became generally known by the appellation of Ibn Hazm's disciple. One of the other masters whose autority he cited was Abû Omar Yûsuf Ibn Abd al-Barr, the author of the Kitáb al-Istîyâb (1). In the year 448 (A. D. 1056-7), he set out for the East and made the pilgrimage to Mekka. Having heard Traditions taught in that city and in Ifrîkiya, Spain, Egypt, Syria, and Irak, he finally took up his residence in Baghdad. He bore a high reputation for nobleness of character, learning, solid information, piety, and devotion; the progress which he made in studying the written texts of the Traditions was evidently a mark of divine grace. The emir Ibn Makûla (vol. II. p. 248), the author of the Ikmál, speaks of him in these terms: "We have been informed by our friend Abû Abd "Allah al-Humaidi, a man of great learning, talent, and intelligence;". he then adds: "And I never saw his like for virtue, austerity of life, piety, and application "to study. " Al-Humaidi is the author of a celebrated work, entitled: Al-Jamo

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