Ibn al-Muqaffa'

Ibn al-Muqaffa' was a writer and kanzleisekretär (724–840). He was born at Gor and died at Baghdad.

Also recorded as Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh Rūzbih ibn Dādūya; Rōzbih pūr-i Dādōē.

Ibn al-Muqaffa' in brief

Born
724
Died
840
Known for
writer,kanzleisekretär
Place of birth
Gor

Overview

Born at Gor in 724, died at Baghdad in 840.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Abū Muhammad ʿAbd Allāh Rūzbih ibn Dādūya and Rōzbih pūr-i Dādōē. His recorded languages were Arabic, Middle Persian and Syriac. His recorded confession was Manichaeism.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service.

Al-Adab al-Kabīr. Kalila and Demna. Kalīlah wa-Dimnah (al-Maṭābiʻ al-Amīrīyah, 1355h).

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Monarchie et monothéisme : régime politique islamique selon Ibn al‑Muqaffa‘, ThéoRèmes, 2026. Elementos de la literatura árabe en la estructura del Libro de buen amor (II), Al-Qantara : Revista de Estudios Arabes, 2011. Assessment of Translation of Kalilah and Dimʼna based on Skopos Theory (Case Study: Translation by Marashipour), پژوهش‌های ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی, 2025. The rights and the duties of the troops between the intelectual and the abbassid power, Akofena, 2023. Humanism: A tradition common to both Islam and Europe, Filozofija i Društvo, 2013. أثر اللغة والأدب العربيين في الأدب الأفغاني (دراسة التأثير والتأثر), Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut, 2024. Ibn al-Muqaffa’s Pride in his, Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 2007. A Comparison between Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah’s and Mohammad Bukhari’s Farsi Translations of Arabic Kalila and Demna by Ibn al-Muqaffa' Based on Eugene Nida’s Translation Theory: A Case Study of the Pious Man and the Skunk, پژوهش‌های ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی, 2020.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (104162880). Those registers additionally record the forms Sāwīrūs Ibn-al-Muqaffaʿ, Severos Ibn-al-Muqaffa, Severus ibn al Muquaffa, Ibn-al-Muqaffa, Sāwīrīs, Mukaffa, Severus Ibn- al-, Anba Severus Ibn-al-Muqaffa, Ibn-al-Muqaffa al-Qibṭī al-Miṣrī, Abul-Bišr and Sāwīrus Ibn-al-Muqaffaʿ al-Miṣrī al-Qibtī, Usquf al-Ašmūnain.

Digitised editions and texts

6 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum (1904) — Internet Archive. Al-Adab al-kabr (1912) — Internet Archive. Calila et Dimna, ou Fables de Bidpa'i : en arabe, précédées d'un mémoire sur l'origine de ce livre ... , et suivies de la Moallaka de Lébid, en arabe et en françois (1816) — Internet Archive. 144677_Recueil_de_versions_littéraires_tirées_du_Mostatref,_d_les (1891) — Internet Archive. Калила и Димна — Internet Archive. Al-Adab al-aghr (1911) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 30 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 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Arabic, Middle Persian and Syriac.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Basra.

Chronology

  1. 724Ibn al-Muqaffa' born at Gor.
  2. 840Ibn al-Muqaffa' died at Baghdad.
  3. 1816Calila et Dimna, ou Fables de Bidpa'i : en arabe, précédées d'un mémoire sur l'origine de ce livre ... , et suivies de la Moallaka de Lébid, en arabe et en françois digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1891144677_Recueil_de_versions_littéraires_tirées_du_Mostatref,_d_les digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1904Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1911Al-Adab al-aghr digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1912Al-Adab al-kabr digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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    “Ibn al-Muqaffa'”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1060637: Ibn al-Muqaffa'

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