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23 November 2014
- 16:4316:43, 23 November 2014 diff hist +4,502 N Ibn Qutaba ad-Dinawari Created page with "Ibn Qutaba Ad-Dinawari (about 800) ''Abū M. 'Abdalla b. Muslim b. Qutayba ad-Dināwarī, an Arabic polyhistor. Brockelmann, 1, 120-123, S 1,184-186; El. s.v. Ibn Kutayba. W..."
- 16:4116:41, 23 November 2014 diff hist +2,678 N Ibn al-Khordadhbeh Created page with "Ibn Al-Khordadhbeh (about 885 A.D.) '''Ubaydalla b. Alī b. Abū-l-Qāsim al-Khurdādhbeh (al- Khorradadhbeh), a Persian who was appointed director of the post in the Jibāl ..."
- 16:3916:39, 23 November 2014 diff hist +6,963 N Eldad Ha-Dani Created page with "Eldad Ha-Dani (about 883 A.D.) ''A Jewish traveller who sent to Spain a report on a journey he claimed to have undertaken for the purpose of discovering "the ten lost tribes"..."
- 16:3716:37, 23 November 2014 diff hist +6,268 N Al-Baladhuri Created page with "Al-Baladhuri (d. 892 A.D.) ''Abū-l-'Abbās Aḥmad b. Yahya b. Jabir al-Balādhurī. Historian at the Court of the Caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Brockelmann, 1, 141; Sezgin 320; E..."
- 16:3416:34, 23 November 2014 diff hist +5,674 N Abd al-Hakam Created page with "Abū-l-Qāsim ‘Ar. B. 'Al. B. 'Abd Al-Hakam (d. 871 A.D.) ''Son of the head of the malikitic school of Law in Egypt. K. al-Futūh Sezgin 1, 355 f; Et (Ibn Abd al-Hakam). ..."
- 16:3216:32, 23 November 2014 diff hist +131 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
9 November 2014
- 20:3720:37, 9 November 2014 diff hist +32,067 N Al-Idrisi Created page with "AL-IDRISI (before 1170 A.D.) ''Abū 'Abdalla Muh. b. Muh. 'Abdalla b. Idrīs al-Hammūdi al-Habanī ash-Sharīf. The most famous Arab geo¬grapher in the Middle Ages is born ..."
- 20:2120:21, 9 November 2014 diff hist +18,336 N Ibn Abd az-Zahir Created page with "IBN ABD AZ-ZAHIR (1223 - 1292 A.D.) ''Muhiy ad-dīn Ibn 'Abd aẓ-Ẓāhir, born and died in Cairo as the Sultans Secretary in the Cairo diwan, wrote biographies of Baybars I..."
- 20:1420:14, 9 November 2014 diff hist +13,655 N Al-Zuhri Created page with "Al-Zuhri (scr. 1137-1150 A.D.) ''An Arab-Spanish geographer of Granada (sor. "Anony¬mous of Almeria"). K. al-Jughrāfiya (Commentary on al-Ma'mūn's World Map; cf. al-Fazar..."
- 20:0920:09, 9 November 2014 diff hist +12,652 N Barhebraeus Created page with "BARHEBRAEUS (1226 - 1286 A.D.) ''Ghrighuriyus Abu-l-Faraj, from Melitene (alias Abul-farajus or Barhebraeus). A learned man of Jewish descent. Later on a bishop and Maphrian ..."
- 20:0020:00, 9 November 2014 diff hist +10,642 N Al-Makin Created page with "AL-MAKIN (JIRJIS IBN AL-'AMID) (1205 - 1273 A.D.) ''Jirjis Ibn al-‘Amid Abi-l-Yasir b. Abi-l-Makarim b. Abi-t-Tayyib al-Makīn (the "Steady one"), one of the greatest histo..."
- 19:5719:57, 9 November 2014 diff hist +4 Ibn Sa'id al-Andalusi No edit summary
- 19:5719:57, 9 November 2014 diff hist +28,468 N Ibn Sa'id al-Andalusi Created page with "IBN SA-ID AL-ANDALUSI (1206 - 1286 A.D.) A Spanish-Arab scientist, traveller and geographer. EI (s.v.); GAL 1, 336 1. ) K. Jughrafiya (The World Map divided into Seven Clima..."
- 19:4519:45, 9 November 2014 diff hist 0 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
- 19:4519:45, 9 November 2014 diff hist +109 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
2 November 2014
- 20:5820:58, 2 November 2014 diff hist +10,098 N Ibn Muyassar Created page with "IBN MUYASSAR (d. 1278 A.D.) ''Muḥammad b. Ali b. Yusuf b. Jalab Ibn Muyassar. Wrote a Chronicle (1047 - 115 7 A.D.). Ed.: H. Massé, Annales d'Egypte: Les Khalifes Fatimi..."
- 20:5520:55, 2 November 2014 diff hist +8,937 N Nasir-l-Khuaraw Created page with "Nasir-I0Khuaraw (about 1050 A.D.) ''Abu Mu'īn Hamiduddin Nasir-i-Khusraw, a Persian Ismaili poet and traveller. Sefernameh (in Persian), describes the author's journeys betw..."
- 20:5220:52, 2 November 2014 diff hist +7,099 N Al-Qazwini Created page with "AL-QAZWINI (d. 1274 A.D.) ''Zakariā ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-Qazwīnī, an Arab geographer and historian. 'Ajā'ib al-Makhlūqāt wa-Gharā’ib al-Mawjūdāt (The Mar..."
- 20:4920:49, 2 November 2014 diff hist +31 Al-Biruni No edit summary
- 20:4920:49, 2 November 2014 diff hist +6,171 N Al-Marwazi Created page with "AL-MARWAZI (d. after 1120 A.D.) ''Sharaf az-Zamān Tāhir al-Marwazī. A Persian physi¬cian at the Court of the Seljuk Sultan Malik-Shah. Tabā'i' al-hayyawān (The Nature o..."
- 20:4720:47, 2 November 2014 diff hist +6,121 N Al-Biruni Created page with "AL-BIRUNI (d. 1048 A.D.) ''Abū-r-Rayḥān Muḥ. b. Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī. A Persian by origin; probably the most eminent Muslim scientist in the Middle Ages. Many of his 12..."
- 20:4420:44, 2 November 2014 diff hist +86 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
30 October 2014
- 00:5600:56, 30 October 2014 diff hist +24,595 N Ibn al-Athir Created page with "IBN AL-ATHIR (1160-1234 A.D.) ''Abu'l-Hasan Abdalla b. Abu-l-Karam Abd al-Karim Izz ad-din Ibn al-Athir. A great historian of Kurdic origin. Died in Mosul. Brockelmann 1, 3..."
- 00:4900:49, 30 October 2014 diff hist +11,477 N Yaqut ar-Rumi Created page with "YAQUT AR-RUMI (d. 1229 A.D.) ''Yaqut b. Abdalla ar-Rumi. Traveller and geographer of Greek Christian origin. Brockelmann, 479f, El (s.v. Yakut) Mu'jam al-buldan Ed.: F-. Wii..."
- 00:4600:46, 30 October 2014 diff hist +6,206 N Usama Ibn Munqidh Created page with "USAMA IBN MUNQIDH (1095-1168 A.D.,) ''Abū Muzaffar Usāma ibn Munqidh al-Kinānī, a Syrian-Arab emir and an ardent supporter of the Fatimite dynasty of Egypt, was invited t..."
- 00:4300:43, 30 October 2014 diff hist −14 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
- 00:4300:43, 30 October 2014 diff hist +5,811 N Ibn Khallikan Created page with "IBN KHALLIKAN (1211 - 1281 A.D.) ''Shams ad-din Ahmad b. Muh. Ibn Khallikan; born in Arbela, died in Damascus. Chief qāḍī in Cairo and Damascus . Wafayat al-a'yan (The Bi..."
- 00:4000:40, 30 October 2014 diff hist +9,608 N Ibn Jubayr Created page with "IBN JUBAYR (1145 - 1217 A.D.) about 1105 A.D. ''Abū-l-Hasan Muh. b. Ahmad Ibn Jubayr al-Kinānī. An Arab poet, geographer and traveller from Valencia. He wrote the first da..."
- 00:3700:37, 30 October 2014 diff hist +4,621 N Ibn Butlan Created page with "IBN BUTLAN (born about 1005 A.D.) about 1050 A.D. ''Al-Mukhtār b. 'Abdūn Yuhannā Ibn al-Butlān. A physician and theologian, probably a cleric of the Nestorian Church from..."
- 00:3400:34, 30 October 2014 diff hist +4,500 N Al-Bakri Created page with "Al—Βakri (1028-1094 A.D.) 1067 A.D. ''Abū Udayd 'Abdalla b. Abd al-'Aziz b. Mus'ab al-Bakrī. An Arab-Spanish geographer, traveller and philologist from Cordoba. El (s.v..."
- 00:3200:32, 30 October 2014 diff hist +139 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
26 October 2014
- 20:0820:08, 26 October 2014 diff hist +2,041 N Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Created page with "MUHAMMAD H. MUH. NASIH AD-DIN AT-TUSI (d. 1273 A.D.) ''An Arab astronomer born at Tūs. 1) Az-zīj al-ilkhānī (Astronomical Tables for the Ilkhans) Exc.: MC (1004 r-v) T...."
- 20:0520:05, 26 October 2014 diff hist +416 N Al-Harawi Created page with "AL-HARAWI (d. 1215 A.D.) ''An historian. K. al-ishārāt li-ma'rifat az-ziyārāt ((A Guide¬book to Pilgrims) Brockelmann 1, 629 f., S 1, 879 MS: Berlin, Staatsbibl., MS P..."
- 20:0120:01, 26 October 2014 diff hist +5 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
- 20:0020:00, 26 October 2014 diff hist 0 Muhammad B. Muh No edit summary
- 19:5919:59, 26 October 2014 diff hist 0 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
23 October 2014
- 20:2720:27, 23 October 2014 diff hist +57,092 N Severus (Sawirus) Created page with "SEVERUS (SAWIRUS ABU-l-BASHAR IBN AL-MUQAFFA) (d. about l000 A.D.) ''Deacon and secretary to the Patriarch of Alexandria, then bishop of Ashmunein. He wrote a biographical hi..."
- 20:1220:12, 23 October 2014 diff hist +1,571 N Coptic Scalae 12th-14th Century Created page with "COPTIC SCALAE (12th-14th centuries) 1.) The following names of episcopal seats are mentioned in various MSS containing lists of place-names in Coptic and the Arabic equivalen..."
- 20:0720:07, 23 October 2014 diff hist +2,034 N Muhammad B. Muh Created page with "MUHAMMAD H. MUH. NASIH AD-DIN AT-TUSI (d. 1273 A.D.) ''An Arab astronomer born at Tūs. '' 1) Az-zīj al-ilkhānī (Astronomical Tables for the Ilkhans) Exc.: MC (1004 r-v) ..."
- 20:0520:05, 23 October 2014 diff hist +5,899 N Yahya al-Intaki Created page with "YAHYA AL-INTAKI (d. 1276 A.D.) ''A Melkite physician from Antioch. He continued Eutychius' Chronicle (in Arabic). Ed.: and French transl.: J. Kratchkowski - A. Vasiliev, PO 1..."
- 19:2719:27, 23 October 2014 diff hist +1,794 N Kitab al-Istibsar Created page with "ANONYMOUS KITAB AL—ISTIBSAR (about 1192 A.D.) ''K. al-istibṣār fī ‘ajā’ib al-amṣār (a treatise on geography closely following Al-Bakri). MS: Paris, Bibl.Nat., ..."
- 19:2519:25, 23 October 2014 diff hist +3,643 N Ibn Wasif Shah Created page with "IBN WASIF SHAH (d. 1203 A.D.) ''Historian of Egypt and the Maghrib, quoted by Maqrizi. MS: Cairo, Billb.Nat. , MS hist. 2255 Ed.: (partly) 'Mus'ad, pp. 121 - 123. T.: Mus'ad ..."
- 19:2219:22, 23 October 2014 diff hist +4,427 N Ibn Qalanisi Created page with "IBN QALANISI (1073-1160 A.D.) ''Abu Ya'li Hamza b. al-Qalānisī. A Syrian-Arab historian of the 1st Crusade, later Lord Mayor of Damascus. Dhayl Ta’rikh Dimishq Ed.: H.A. ..."
- 19:2019:20, 23 October 2014 diff hist −4 Abu-l-Qasim No edit summary
- 19:1919:19, 23 October 2014 diff hist +4,541 N Abu-l-Qasim Created page with "ABU—L—QASIM...IBN SA'ID AL-ANDALUSI (1029 - 1070 A.D.) ''An Arab-Spanish historian. '' ''K. Tabaqat al-umam ("The Categories of Nations"). Here the ability of different p..."
- 19:1619:16, 23 October 2014 diff hist +180 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
15 October 2014
- 16:0016:00, 15 October 2014 diff hist +29,386 N Abu Salih the Armenian Created page with "ABU SALIH (SULH) THE ARMENIAN (before 1200 A.D.) ''Nothing is known about him but his name. Abu Salih made use of valuable sources (Archives of Coptic Patriarchate?). '' ''G..."
- 15:4915:49, 15 October 2014 diff hist +28 Giovanni Vantini's Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia No edit summary
1 October 2014
- 19:5319:53, 1 October 2014 diff hist +437 N Az-Zamakhshari Created page with "AZ-ZAMAKHSHARI (d. 538/1143 A.D.) ''Abū-l-Qāsim Mahmud b. 'Umar az-Zainakhsharī, a geographer. K. al-Jibāl wa-l-Ankinat wa-l-Miyāh (Lexicon Geographicum) Ed.: K. Salverd..."
- 19:5219:52, 1 October 2014 diff hist +477 N Al-Marrakushi Created page with "AL-MARRAKUSHI (d. about 1262 A.D.) ''Abu 'Abdalla al-Hasan b. Ali b. ’Umar al-Marrākushī. Arab astronomer. EI (s.v.); GAL 1, 345 Jamī’ al-mabādi’ wa-l-ghāyāt (A C..."