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Abdul Alhazred

Abdul Alhazred was a magician, writer and poet (655–738).

Also recorded as the Mad Arab.

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Identity

What the record establishes about Abdul Alhazred.

Abdul Alhazred is recorded with the citizenship of Yemen. Abdul Alhazred is recorded as magician, writer and poet. Open Library catalogues 5 works under this name. Necronomicon is dated 0730.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Abdul Alhazred may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Abdul Alhazred is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q2068019.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Necronomicon, dated 0730. Al Azif: the Original Cipher Manuscript : (the Original Necronomicon). Das Necronomicon. El Necronomicón. Al azif.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1318833566). Those registers additionally record the forms Bastards of Alhazred, The Bastards of Abdul Alhazred, Die Bastarde von Abdul Alhazred, Bastarde von Abdul Alhazred and Los Bastards de Abdul Alhazered.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 655Abdul Alhazred born.
  2. 730Necronomicon.
  3. 738Abdul Alhazred died.
  4. 1490Necronomicon (Black Letter Edition) (1490) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  5. 1490Necronomicon (Black Letter Edition) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Open Library author record for Abdul Alhazred (Internet Archive), 5 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  2. 2.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1318833566, Los Bastardos de Abdul Alhazred.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  3. 3.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Abdul Alhazred as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2068019: Abdul Alhazred

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  5. 5.

    “Abdul Alhazred”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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