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Author Strotmann, Vivian.

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

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Islamic history and civilization ; v. 121
Islamic history and civilization ; v. 121.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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Subject Fīrūzābādī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb, 1329-1414 or 1415.
Fīrūzābādī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb, 1329-1414 or 1415.
Fīrūzābādī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb, 1329-1414 or 1415. Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ.
Qāmūs al-muḥīṭ (Fīrūzābādī, Muḥammad ibn Yaʻqūb)
Muslim scholars -- Biography.
Muslim scholars -- Biography.
Lexicographers -- Islamic Empire -- Biography.
Lexicographers.
Islamic Empire.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Strotmann, Vivian. Majd al-Din al-Firuzabadi (1329-1415) 9789004305397 (DLC) 2015030750 (OCoLC)917131440
ISBN 9789004305403 (electronic book)
9004305408 (electronic book)
9789004305397
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