Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Günther, Sebastian

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059664
Doc. NO	:	ALei61
Main Entry	:	Günther, Sebastian
Title & Author	:	Abū l-Faraj al-Iṣfahānī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Günther, Sebastian
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,583 words)
Abstract	:	Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Haytham al-Umawī al-Iṣfahānī (or al-Iṣbahānī) (d. shortly after 360/971) was a celebrated man of letters, a historian with sociological interests, a musicologist, and a poet. He is best known for his great “Book of songs,” the Kitāb al-aghānī , one of the most important works of classical Arabic literature. He was born in 284/897, probably in Baghdad. Tradition ally, he was thought to have died there in 356/967, but recent research
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei61.pdf