Leo Africanus - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Leo Africanus - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Cresti, Federico

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062580
Doc. NO	:	ALei2977
Main Entry	:	Cresti, Federico
Title & Author	:	Leo Africanus - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Cresti, Federico
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,963 words)
Abstract	:	Leo Africanus (d. c.938/1532?) is the name by which al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Wazzān al-Fāsī was known in the Christian world and the name by which he continues to be known in the West today. Of Andalusian origin (born in Granada sometime between 891/1486 and 901/1495) but having sought refuge in Morocco with his family and later taken to Italy as a slave, he converted to Christianity and was baptised with the name of Giovanni Leone dei Medici. He was the author of various
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2977.pdf