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The Fihrist: a 10th Century AD Survey of Islamic Culture
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by Muhammad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Al-Nadim, Ibn Al-Nadim, and Bayard Dodge
Sales Rank: 1461758
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List Price: $79.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 1284 pages
Published by: KaziPublicationsInc October 1, 1998
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1871031621
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1871031621
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 2.6 inches
Weighs: 3.8 pounds
Book Description
The Catalog (Kitab al-fihrist) by Ibn al-Nadim (d. 995 AD) is an index of all books written in Arabic either by Arabs or non-Arabs and contains ten discourses. The first six of them deal with books on Islamic subjects: 1. the Scriptures of Muslims, Jews and Christians with emphasis on the Quran and Quranic sciences; 2. grammar and philology; 3. history, biography, genealogy and related subjects; 4. poetry; 5. scholastic theology (kalam); 6. law and tradition. The last four discourses deal with non-Islamic subjects. 7. philosophy and the ancient sciences; 8. legends, fables, magic, conjuring Inc; 9. the doctrines of the non-monotheistic creeds; 10. alchemy. The author, a bookseller, often mentions the size of a book and the number of pages so buyers would not be cheated by copyists creating shorter versions. He refers often to copies written by famous calligraphers, bibliophies and other libraries and speaks of an auction and of the trade in books. In the opening section he deals with the alphabets of 14 people (Arabs and non-Arabs) and their manner of writing and also with the writing-pen, paper and its different varieties.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Arabic
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