Author
MUḤAMMAD ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbdallah al-Qalqaššandī. Author of the text
Publication Date
1442
Subject
Biography
Type
Other
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Pompeu Fabra University Library
Record ID
cdi_europeana_collections_9200519_ark_12148_btv1b11001603v
Library Location
Available Online
Date
1442
Sample Text
Scanning from a substitute document. Scanned from a substitute document. “Everything you need to know the genealogies of the Arabs”, by Moḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Qalqaschandî (born in Qalqaschand, near Cairo) al-Schâfiʿî. The author says in the preface that he composed this volume for the use of Zaïn al-Dîn Abou ʾl-Djoûd Baqr (بقر) ibn Râschid al-Zaïnî, great emir of the nomadic Arabs of the eastern and western countries. The work begins with an introduction, divided into five chapters, which covers the knowledge necessary for anyone who wants to deal with genealogies. The fourth chapter lists the localities that the Arabs occupied in ancient times. Next comes a section entitled مقصد “purpose”, the first chapter of which contains the genealogy of the Prophet. The second part of the work is an alphabetical dictionary, containing the names of the various branches of each tribe. The conclusion, divided into five chapters, deals with the religious beliefs of the Arabs before Islamism, the discussions which took place between the tribes, about their nobility, their days and fights, certain fires they lit and their fairs and other meetings. This ms., autograph, is dated from the year 846 A.H. (1442-1443 A.D.). At the end of the volume is the signature of Schams al-Dîn Moḥammad ibn Qâsim al-Zaïnî, grandson of the emir for whom Al-Qalqaschandî composed this work. Scanning from a substitute document. “Everything you need to know the genealogies of the Arabs”, by Moḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Qalqaschandî (born in Qalqaschand, near Cairo) al-Schâfiʿî. The author says in the preface that he composed this volume for the use of Zaïn al-Dîn Abou ʾl-Djoûd Baqr (بقر) ibn Râschid al-Zaïnî, great emir of the nomadic Arabs of the eastern and western countries. The work begins with an introduction, divided into five chapters, which covers the knowledge necessary for anyone who wants to deal with genealogies. The fourth chapter lists the localities that the Arabs occupied in ancient times. Next comes a section entitled مقصد “purpose”, the first chapter of which contains the genealogy of the Prophet. The second part of the work is an alphabetical dictionary, containing the names of the various branches of each tribe. The conclusion, divided into five chapters, deals with the religious beliefs of the Arabs before Islamism, the discussions which took place between the tribes, about their nobility, their days and fights, certain fires they lit and their fairs and other meetings. This ms., autograph, is dated from the year 846 A.H. (1442-1443 A.D.). At the end of the volume is the signature of Schams al-Dîn Moḥammad ibn Qâsim al-Zaïnî, grandson of the emir for whom Al-Qalqaschandî composed this work.
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