Ibn al-Nadim
Ibn al-Nadim was a bookseller, bibliographer, historian and writer (932–990). He was born at Baghdad.
Also recorded as Muhammad ibn Abi Yaqub Ibn al-Nadim.
Ibn al-Nadim in brief
- Born
- 932
- Died
- 990
- Known for
- bookseller,bibliographer,historian,writer
- Place of birth
- Baghdad
Overview
Born at Baghdad in 932, died in 990.
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Muhammad ibn Abi Yaqub Ibn al-Nadim. His recorded language was Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam.
Catalogued works
7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1970 to 1980.
Al-Fihrist. al-Fihrist (Dār al-Maʻrifah,1978). al-Fihrist li-Ibn al-Nadīm (al-Maktabah al-Tijārīyah, 1929). Kitāb al-fihrist / li-al-Nadīm, Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Abī Yaʻqūb Isḥāq, al-maʻrūf bi-al-Warrāq, taḥqīq Riḍā-Tajaddud., dated 1971, held by Wellcome Collection. The Fihrist of al-Nadīm : a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture / Bayard Dodge, editor and translator., dated 1970, held by Wellcome Collection. The Fihrist of al-Nadīm ; a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture. Bayard Dodge, editor and translator., dated 1970, held by Wellcome Collection. Aetius Arabus : d. Vorsokratiker in arabischer Überlieferung / Hans Daiber., dated 1980, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
The Destiney of some geographical travel books mentioned by Ibn Al-Nadim, College of Basic Education Research Journal, 2014. A List of Titles as Recorded by Ibn al-Nadim in his <i>Fihrist</i> (Tenth Century, Arabic), <i>The Letters</i> of Mani, 2026. Lorsque l’ordre des livres contrevient à l’ordre des sciences: les repertoires d’Ibn Al-Nadim (XE S.) Et Muḥammad Ibn Al-Akfani (M. 1349), Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2017. Following the strategy inside and outside the circle in the collection of material socializing with fifth graders, الأستاذ, 2018. Abū Isḥāq al-Ṣābiʾ, Dīwān Rasāʾil al-Ṣābīʾ., Al-'Usur al-Wusta, 2018. تفسير سورة الحجر (من آية 1 وحتى آية 12) من حاشية الکنز الجليل على مدارک التنزيل للنسفي للعلامة إبراهيم الجناجي المعروف ببصيلة, مجلة كلية الدراسات الإسلامية والعربية للبنات بدمنهور, 2020. مدونات الأمة في موضوع التلقي النبوي عرض ونقد, مجلة الزهراء, 2020. Muslim scholar’s discourse on Buddhism: a literature on Buddha’s position, SHS Web of Conferences, 2018. The story of "Bishr and Hind" and its reflection in Persian poetry, ادبیات تطبیقی, 2019. Review of Ruling in Manuscripts based on Texts from the Fourth to the Ninth Centuries AH, نگره, 2020.
Digitised editions and texts
9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Kitâb Al-Fihrist (Vol 2) (1872) — Internet Archive. Book 12 of COLOSSIANS in Azerbaijan Caucasus Persian Azeri in Arabic Script — Internet Archive. Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung (1873) — Internet Archive. Mani, seine Lehre und seine Schriften, aus dem Fihrist im Text nebst Uebers., Comm. und Index ... (1862) — Internet Archive. Mani, seine Lehre und seine Schriften: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Manichäismus (1862) — Internet Archive. Kitâb Al-Fihrist (1872) — Internet Archive. Mani, seine Lehre und seine Schriften: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Manichäismus: Aus dem ... (1862) — Internet Archive. Mani, seine Lehre und seine Schriften: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des ... (1862) — Internet Archive. The Fihrist of al-Nadim; a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture (1970) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 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 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is Arabic.
Works named in the authority record are Al-Fihrist.
Chronology
- 932Ibn al-Nadim born at Baghdad.
- 990Ibn al-Nadim died.
- 1862Mani, seine Lehre und seine Schriften, aus dem Fihrist im Text nebst Uebers., Comm. und Index ... digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1862Mani, seine Lehre und seine Schriften: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Manichäismus digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1872Kitâb Al-Fihrist (Vol 2) digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1872Kitâb Al-Fihrist digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1873Die griechischen Philosophen in der arabischen Überlieferung digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1970The Fihrist of al-Nadīm : a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture / Bayard Dodge, editor and translator. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1970The Fihrist of al-Nadīm ; a tenth-century survey of Muslim culture. Bayard Dodge, editor and translator. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1971Kitāb al-fihrist / li-al-Nadīm, Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Abī Yaʻqūb Isḥāq, al-maʻrūf bi-al-Warrāq, taḥqīq Riḍā-Tajaddud. (Wellcome Collection).
Sources
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