Ibn Miskawayh
Tehran, National Library MS 5944 · Public domain
- Born
- 932 · Ray.
- Died
- 1030 · Isfahan.
- Nationality
- Buyid dynasty
- Occupation
- philosopher · poet · historian · politician · alchemist · pharmacologist
- Fields
- theology · poetry · philosophy · history
- Teachers
- Yahya ibn Adi
- Known for
- Tajārib Al-Umam Wa-Taʻāqub Al-Himam
- Languages
- Arabic · Persian
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Training under Yahya ibn Adi is recorded. The recorded working language is Arabic and Persian. The field of work recorded is theology, poetry and philosophy. Al-Kindi is recorded as an influence. Works named in the authority record are Tajārib Al-Umam Wa-Taʻāqub Al-Himam.
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932
Ibn Miskawayh born at Ray.
1030
Ibn Miskawayh died at Isfahan.
1909
The Tajarib Al- Umam or History of Ibn Miskawayh (Abu ’Ali Ahmad B. Muhammad) or, A.H. 421, reproduced in Facsimile from the MS. at Constantinople in the Aya Sufiyya Library, Vol. I- to A.H. 37 (Tabari I. 3300) (1909) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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scholarly publication
- Ibn Miskawayh—Philosopher, Historian, Sage, Ibn Miskawayh, the Soul, and the Pursuit of Happiness, 2019
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2019
- Ibn Miskawayh, Ahmad ibn Muhammad (c.940–1030), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q481384: Ibn Miskawayh
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- 1.Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Ibn Miskawayh". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jan. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibn-Miskawayh. Accessed 12 May 2023.
- 2.Bosworth. Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. 7: Mif-Naz. E. J. Brill. 143–144. 1993. 9004094199.
- 3.iranica meskavayh-abu-ali-ahmad
- 4.Arkoun, M. Miskawayh. The Encyclopaedia of Islam. E.J. Brill. 7. 143a–144b. 1993. 978-90-04-15610-4.
- 5.Nasr, Hossein. An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines. SUNY Press. 1993. 978-1-4384-1419-5.
- 6.Mohamed, Yasein. The Cosmology of Ikhwan al-Safa', Miskawayh and al-Isfahâni. Islamic Studies. 39. 4. 10–15. 2000. 23076118.
- 7.Adamec, Ludwig W. Historical Dictionary of Islam. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. 290–291. 2017. 978-1442277236.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Bosworth, C. E. Meskawayh, Abu' Ali Aḥmad. Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition. 2002.
- Emami. Abu'l-Qassem. Umar. Suheyl. 2008. Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh.
- Ibn Miskawayh, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad. Kitāb Tahdhīb al-akhlāq wa-taṭhīr al-aʻrāq. al-Maṭbaʻah al-Ḥusaynīyah. 1329.
- Ibn Miskawaih, Ahmad ibn Muhammad. The Tajârib al-umam; or, History of Ibn Miskawayh. Luzac. 5&6. 1917.
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scholarly publication
Ibn Miskawayh—Philosopher, Historian, Sage, Ibn Miskawayh, the Soul, and the Pursuit of Happiness, 2019Crossref registry
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Ibn Miskawayh, Ahmad ibn Muhammad (c.940–1030), Routledge Encyclopedia of PhilosophyCrossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q481384: Ibn MiskawayhWikimedia Foundation
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The authorities additionally record the heading Ebn Meskavayh. His recorded languages were Arabic and Persian. His recorded confession was Islam.
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