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Majd al-Din al-Firuzabadi (1329-1415) : a polymath on the eve of the early modern period /

In Majd al-Dīn al-Fīrūzābādī (1329-1415): A Polymath on the Eve of the Early Modern Period , Vivian Strotmann provides a detailed reconstruction of the famous lexicographer's and travelling scholar's life and works. The 'author of the Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ ' is widely known f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strotmann, Vivian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 121
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reports on a scholar's life-approaching the sources
  • A life's journey
  • Childhood and youth (729/1329-745/1344): Karizin and Shiraz
  • Travel and teaching (745/1344-750/1350): from Wasit to Baghdad
  • Coming of age (750/1350-759/1357(8)): the Damascene decade
  • Further travels and the Qamus (760/1358(9)-794/1392): based in Mecca
  • The celebrated Qamus
  • Dating and versions of the Qamus al-muhit
  • Editorial decisions
  • The floods vs. the crown of language
  • En route to Yemen (794/1392-796/1393(4)): Baghdad, Shiraz, Hurmuz
  • Years of allegiance (796/1393(4)-817/1415): between Yemen and Mecca
  • Educational power: two madaris
  • Political involvement: declaring a khalifa
  • An abortive opus: the Basa'ir
  • The second Qamus al-muhit
  • Religious dispute: defending Ibn al-Arabi
  • A lughawi and more
  • Matters of reputation
  • Oeuvre
  • Accepted works
  • Adab
  • 'Asal
  • Fada'il
  • Fiqh / kalam
  • Hadith / Sira nabawiyya
  • Lugha
  • Nahw
  • Salat
  • Shi'r
  • Tafsir
  • Tarajim / 'Ilm al-rijal
  • Tarikh / Buldan
  • Tasawwuf
  • Disputed and doubtful ascriptions
  • Unica
  • Authorship
  • Overview of works
  • A man on the eve of the early modern period.