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" Farāhī, Ḥamīd al-Dīn - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Bruce, Gregory Maxwell
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English
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1061593
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ALei1990
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Bruce, Gregory Maxwell
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Farāhī, Ḥamīd al-Dīn - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Bruce, Gregory Maxwell
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,101 words)
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Ḥamīd al-Dīn Farāhī (1863–1930) was an Indian scholar of Arabic best known for his writings on the niẓām (broad structural and thematic order) of the Qurʾān. 1. Life He was born at Pharīhā, near Azamgarh, India to a family of zamīndār s (landowners, but, before British rule, specifically landholders responsible for revenue collection) and vakīls (attorneys) who were also scholars of Arabic and Persian. He claimed to have memorised the Qurʾān at the age of ten and studied Arabic, Persian, and the Islamic sciences at home and at
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Islam.
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ALei1990.pdf
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