Abu alfaraj muhammad ibn ishaq ibn muhammad ibn ishaq ibn alnadim, also known simply as ibn alnadim 93595 ad, was an arab author, bookseller, and calligrapher. Countless specialized studies have used the fihrist as a source of data. Wellisch ith library of th ls 41987 ji, wriiy of illin urqtmafu. Authors, subjects and fame in the kitab al fihrist by ibn alnadim.
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The fihrist of alnadim islamic philosophy ibn alnadims fihrist was divided into ten chapters, a format adopted in future similar works, and to this day remains an important source for the. The author of al fihrist the catalog was abu alfaraj muhammad ibn ishaq ibn muhammad ibn ishaq, but as a rule he is called alnadim because he had the distinction of being a nadim or court companion. Jun 21, 2019 a very important source for the history of arabic and arabic literature. Alfihrist is evidence of alnadims thirst for knowledge among the exciting sophisticated milieu of baghdads intellectual elite. Dec 02, 2019 al fihrist evidences alnadims voracious thirst and curiosity for all forms of knowledge and learning, and captures a glimpse into an exciting sophisticated milieu of baghdads intellectual elite. The following article is from the great soviet encyclopedia 1979. Then we have books of wisdom and admonition by the persians and others, including many examples of persian andarz literature, e. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. The work, which exists in a shorter recension a shorter critical revision, is intended to be an index of all books written in arabic either by arabs or nonarabs. Alnadim had planned it to provide information on i each book with its correct title, ii the authors name and other necessary details about him, and iii the subject matter of the book and the area of knowledge to which it belonged the three main ingredients essential to the process of. It is, in his own words an index of the books of all nations, arabs and nonarabs alike, which are extant in the arabic language and script, on every branch of knowledge. Countless specialized studies have used the fihrist. Ibn alnadim provides crucial information on translators, their patrons, and the process of translation of scientific works from greek. Abu alfaraj muhammad ibn ishaq ibn muhammad ibn ishaq ibn alnadim, also known simply as ibn alnadim 93595 ad, was an arab.
Issn 0276 1769 number 1751 december 1986 the first arab bibliography. Ibn alnadim project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Ibn alnadims fihrist was divided into ten chapters, a format adopted in future similar works, and to this day remains an important source for the history of medieval arabic literature. Fihrist persian, index, a type of biobibliography in arabic and persian philology. Jul, 2019 a very important source for the history of arabic and arabic literature. As the surname of his father was abu yaqub, he evidently had an elder brother named yaqub and probably had other brothers and sisters as well. The fihrist is without doubt the most important single source on the translation movement centered in abbasid baghdad, which began in the second half of the eighth century and continued until c. You could not and noone else going behind books deposit or library or borrowing from your connections to gate them. But, in fact, the two are fiurist be separated thus correctly tr.
Ibn alnadim, al fihrist,9 both of which are rightfully doubted to exist. Fihrist ibn nadim pdf a very important source for the history of arabic and arabic literature. Ibn alnadim wrote also a kitab alawsaf wa ltashbihat fihrist, p. Full list of demons3 hada fihrist kutubi gamii lamami mina larabi wa lagami 4. Al fihrist, sometimes also referred to as kitab al fihrist the catalog, is an.
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Ibn alnadim as historian 371 and then follows it up until his own time, following the tabaqit model, which was a predominant form of historiography in ibn alnadims era. As a scholarly work, the fihrist includes material on philosophy, philology, theology. Fihrist a 10th century catalog of islamic culture by ibn alnadim. He lived in baghdad, and briefly in mosul, during the middle abbasid era and, like his father, made a living from copying manuscripts for sale. An inscription, in an early copy of al fihrist, probably by the historian almaqrizi, relates that alnadim was a pupil of the jurist abu said alsirafi d. It is, in his own words an index of the books of all nations, arabs and nonarabs alike, which are extant in the arabic language. Stewart, scholarship on the fihrist of ibn alnadim. As a scholarly work, the fihrist includes material on philosophy, philology, theology, law, alchemy, history, and genealogy, in addition to traditional.
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