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'''Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri''', '''Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Al Biladuri. ''' or '''Balazry Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Abul Hasan'''<ref name="salaam.co.uk">http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=460</ref> was an [[Arab]]ian historian. |
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==Biography== |
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===Fulh ul-Bulddn=== |
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The work by which he is best known is the ''Fulh ul-Bulddn'' ("Conquests of Lands"), edited by [[M. J. de Goeje]] as ''Liber expugnationis regionum'' (Leiden, 1870; Cairo, 1901). This work is a digest of a larger one, which is now lost. It contains an account of the early conquests of [[Mohammed]] and the early caliphs. Balgdhuri is said to have spared no trouble in collecting traditions, and to have visited various parts of north [[Syria]] and [[Mesopotamia]] for this purpose. |
The work by which he is best known is the ''Fulh ul-Bulddn'' ("Conquests of Lands"), edited by [[M. J. de Goeje]] as ''Liber expugnationis regionum'' (Leiden, 1870; Cairo, 1901). This work is a digest of a larger one, which is now lost. It contains an account of the early conquests of [[Mohammed]] and the early caliphs. Balgdhuri is said to have spared no trouble in collecting traditions, and to have visited various parts of north [[Syria]] and [[Mesopotamia]] for this purpose. |
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===Ansdb ui-Ashraf=== |
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Another great historical work of his was the ''Ansdb ui-Ashraf'' ("Genealogies of the Nobles"), of which he is said to have written forty parts when he died. Of this work the eleventh book has been published by [[Wilhelm Ahlwardt]] (Greifswald, 1883), and another part is known in manuscript (see ''Journal of the German Oriental Society'', vol. xxxviii, pp. 382-406). |
Another great historical work of his was the ''Ansdb ui-Ashraf'' ("Genealogies of the Nobles"), of which he is said to have written forty parts when he died. Of this work the eleventh book has been published by [[Wilhelm Ahlwardt]] (Greifswald, 1883), and another part is known in manuscript (see ''Journal of the German Oriental Society'', vol. xxxviii, pp. 382-406). |
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He also made some translations from [[Persian language|Persian]] into [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. |
He also made some translations from [[Persian language|Persian]] into [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. |
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*[[List of Islamic scholars]] |
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Revision as of 19:10, 6 July 2006
Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri, Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Al Biladuri. or Balazry Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Jabir Abul Hasan[1] was an Arabian historian.
Biography
A Persian by birth, though his sympathies seem to have been strongly with the Arabs, for Masudi refers to one of his works in which he refuted the Shuubites.
He lived at the court of the caliphs al-Mutawakkil and Al-Musta'in and was tutor to the son of al-Mutazz. He died in 892 as the result of a drug called baladhur (hence his name). baladhur is a nut [1].
Works
Fulh ul-Bulddn
The work by which he is best known is the Fulh ul-Bulddn ("Conquests of Lands"), edited by M. J. de Goeje as Liber expugnationis regionum (Leiden, 1870; Cairo, 1901). This work is a digest of a larger one, which is now lost. It contains an account of the early conquests of Mohammed and the early caliphs. Balgdhuri is said to have spared no trouble in collecting traditions, and to have visited various parts of north Syria and Mesopotamia for this purpose.
Ansdb ui-Ashraf
Another great historical work of his was the Ansdb ui-Ashraf ("Genealogies of the Nobles"), of which he is said to have written forty parts when he died. Of this work the eleventh book has been published by Wilhelm Ahlwardt (Greifswald, 1883), and another part is known in manuscript (see Journal of the German Oriental Society, vol. xxxviii, pp. 382-406).
other
He also made some translations from Persian into Arabic.
See also
References
also
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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