Author
Ibn Khallikān, 1211-1282.
Publication Date
1843
Publication Place
Paris : Printed for the Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1843-71. -
Printed for the Oriental translation fund of Great Britain and Ireland
Subject
Muslims--Biography., Islamic Empire--Biography--Dictionaries., Muslims--Biography--Dictionaries., Islamic Empire.
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
4 volumes ; 28 x 25 cm.
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
66744257
Record ID
9944261933503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1843
Notes
English title preceded by title in Arabic at head of title: Kitāb wafayāt al-aʻyān., Translation of Wafayāt al-aʻyān., The first general Islamic biographical lexicon, not confined to groups of persons or geographical places, which contains in alphabetical order the lives of the most celebrated persons of Muslim history and literature, excepting the Prophet, the first four Caliphs, the other Companions and their immediate students. This monumental work was created between 1256 - 1274 CE, and was continually improved with marginal notes by the author.
Tür
Dictionaries., Biographies.
Dizi
Oriental Translation Fund (Series) ; no. 57., Oriental translation fund ; 57