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Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Iṣfahānī (Arabic: أبو الفرج الأصفهاني), also known as Abul-Faraj, (full form: Abū al-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥaytham al-Umawī al-Iṣfahānī) (897–967CE / 284–356AH) was a writer, historian, genealogist, poet, musicologist and scribe.
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:
He wrote down one work entitled al-mukhtasan fi al-radd ala ahl a-i'lizal wa al-qadar (Abbreviated refutation of the Mu'tazila and those Believers in Free Will) and another named al-Jami' al-haly fi usul al-din wa al-radd ala al-mulhidin (The ornamented Concordance of the Principles of Dogma and a refutation of the Nonbelievers).
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 .
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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