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[126] [ah] Al-Isfahani's capacity as a writer is well illustrated by Abu Deeb, who depicts al-Isfahani as "one of the finest writers of Arabic prose in his time, with a remarkable ability to relate widely different types of aḵbār in a rich, lucid, rhythmic, and precise style, only occasionally exploiting such formal effects as saǰʿ ...
Abu al-Faraj importantly included performance directions for many of the songs included in Kitāb al-Aghānī. Due to the accompanying biographical annotations on the personages, the work is an important historical and historiographical source; it is also useful for those interested in the sociology of Arabic literature .
Abu al-Faraj is a title or given name, derived from the name Faraj, of Arabic origins. During the Middle Ages, the name Abu al-Faraj (Arabic: أبو الفرج, lit. 'Father of Faraj') was a title for many Arab and Jewish poets and scholars. [1] Notable people named Abu al-Faraj include:
Abu'l-Fadl al-Isfahani, also known as the Isfahani Mahdi, was a young Persian man who in 931 CE was declared to be "God incarnate" by the Qarmatian leader of Bahrayn, Abu Tahir al-Jannabi. This new apocalyptic leader, however, caused great disruption by rejecting traditional aspects of Islam , and promoting ties to Zoroastrianism .
The Arab historians mainly had a favourable opinion of Hassan Yuha'min, describing him a courageous and a just leader. However, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani narrated that Hassan Yuha'min was very stubborn and immature, with an extremely oppressive rule which lead to his own assassination at the hands of his brother, Sharhabil Ya'fur.
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The name Al-Isfahani is a nisba indicating someone from the city of Isfahan, Iran. People with this name include: Hamza al-Isfahani (d. 961), Persian historian; Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (d. 967), Arab historian and author of Kitāb al-Aghānī; Abu Bakr al-Isfahani (d. 908), Persian scholar in Warsh recitation
Abu al-Fath Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim ibn Fadl al-Isfahani, Persian: ابوالفتح محمود بن محمد بن قاسم اصفهانی Latinized 𝐀𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬, 𝐀𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬, was a 10th-century Persian [1] mathematician. He flourished probably around 982 AD in Isfahan.