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A fifteenth-century copy of the Arabic text. The Masāʾil was probably written in the tenth century. [14] Although ʿAbdallāh was a historical Jewish convert to Islam from the time of Muḥammad, the Masāʾil is an apocryphal work, a late development of the ʿAbdallāh legend, "amplified dramatically" and not an authentic record of actual discussions. [15]
Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad bin al-Karīm al-Baghdādī (Arabic: محمد بن الحسن بن محمد بن الكريم البغدادي; d. 1239), usually called simply al-Baghdadi, was the compiler of an early Arab cookbook of the Abbasid period, Kitāb al-Ṭabīḫ (كتاب الطبيخ; The Book of Dishes), written in 1226.
Kitab al-Qadr (كتاب القدر); ‘Book of Predetermination’ Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallāh ibn Yazīd al-Fazārī ( Arabic : أبومحمد عبدالله بن يزيد الفزاري ) ( c. 748–795), was an Ibadi scholar of theology hailing from the Arab tribe of Banu Fazara . [ 1 ]
Abdallah al-Alayli (Arabic: عبد الله العلايلي) (1996-1914) was a Lebanese intellectual and writer. His specializations included the Arabic language, Arab history and politics, and Islamic law. His works sparked controversy among Arab audiences, even leading to the banning of some of his books in certain places.
Ibn al-Nadim, who confused Abu Abdallah Jayhani with his grandson, attributed four books to Abu Abdallah. [12] Yaqut al-Hamawi, who used al-Nadim's work as a source for his own work, even caused additional confusion by blending the three consecutive generations of the Jayhani family. [13] According to historian István Zimonyi, the four books ...
Little is known of his life, apart from what can be gleaned from manuscripts of his texts. He was a deacon and the grandson of a bishop also called Abdallah. [1] He received an excellent education in both Arabic and Greek, having studied Arabic grammar with the famous poet Abul ʿAla Al-Maʿarri and patristic texts with an unidentified teacher called Symeon. [1]
Ibn Khordadbeh was the son of Abdallah ibn Khordadbeh, who had governed the northern Iranian region of Tabaristan under the Abbasid caliph al-Mamun (r. 813–833), and in 816/17 conquered the neighbouring region of Daylam, as well as repelled the Bavandid ispahbadh (ruler) Shahriyar I (r.
Map of Arabia from the Kitab al-Masalik wa'l-Mamalik by al-Istakhri (copy dated to c. 1306 CE). The Book of Roads and Kingdoms (Arabic: كتاب المسالك والممالك, Kitāb al-Masālik waʿl-Mamālik [1]) is a group of Islamic manuscripts composed from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. [2]