Ibn Qutaybah

Ibn Qutaybah was a theologian, historian, qur'anic exegete, muhaddith, islamic jurist and qadi (828–889). He was born at Kufa and died at Baghdad.

Also recorded as Ibn Qutayba; Ibn Qutaybah, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim; Abd Allah Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muslim al-Dinwari Ibn Qutaybah; Abū Muhammad Abd-Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī.

Ibn Qutaybah in brief

Born
828
Died
889
Known for
theologian,historian,qur'anic exegete,muhaddith,islamic jurist,qadi,writer,scholar
Place of birth
Kufa

Overview

Born at Kufa in 828, died at Baghdad in 889.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Ibn Qutayba, Ibn Qutaybah, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim, Abd Allah Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muslim al-Dinwari Ibn Qutaybah and Abū Muhammad Abd-Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī. His recorded language was Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 6: ʻUyūn al-akhbār, Adab al-Katib, Gharīb al-ḥadīth, The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations, al-Shi‘r wal-Shu‘arā’ and Al-Ma'arif.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

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

Ibn Qutaybah al-Dinuri's Critical Measures and Statements of Judgement, Journal of the Faculties of Arts, 2021. Qurʾanic Abrogation Across the Ninth Century: Shāfiʿī Abū ʿUbayd, Muḥāsibī, and Ibn Qutaybah, Studies in Islamic Legal Theory, 2002. News of Ibn Qutaybah - a study in the cultural pattern, Thi Qar Arts Journal, 2023. TELAAH HERMENEUTIKA DALAM KITAB TA’WIL MUKHTALIF AL-HADITS KARANGAN IBN QUTAYBAH, TAJDID: Jurnal Ilmu Ushuluddin, 2021. Epistemologi Ta’wil al-Qur’an: Sistem Interpretasi al-Qur’an Menurut Ibn Qutaybah, JOURNAL OF QUR'AN AND HADITH STUDIES, 2015. عُقُـودُ الـدُّرِّ (نظـمُ دُرة الغـواص للحـريـري) لأبـي عبـد الله محمـد بن الطّيِّـب الفاسـيِّ (ت 1170هـ) دراســة وتحقـيـق Uqood Al-Durr (Uqood Al-Durr By Al-Hariri) By Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Al-Tayyib Al-Fasi (D. 1170 Ah), Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut, 2024. Disagreements of the Jurists, American Journal of Islam and Society, 2017. في موسوعية النقد: منهج الدكتور عبدالعزيز الفيصل في كتابه:"النقاد القدامى ومناهجهم" In the encyclopedia of criticism: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Faisal’s approach in his book: “The Old Critics and Their Methods”, Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Dar Al-ʿulūm - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Fayūm, 2024. موقف القزاز القيرواني (ت:412هـ) من المآخذ النقدية على المعاني الشعرية في كتاب (ما يجوز للشاعر في الضرورة) "رؤية نقدية" Al-Qazzaz al-Qayrawani's (d. 412 AH) Stance on Critical Criticisms of Poetic Meanings in His Book "What is Permissible for the Poet in Necessity" "A C, Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut, 2026. İ’câzu’l-Kur’ân İlminin Oluşumunda Te’vilü Müşkili’l-Kur’ân İsimli Eserin Rolü, Şırnak Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2023. أثر اللغة والأدب العربيين في الأدب الأفغاني (دراسة التأثير والتأثر), Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut, 2024. Establishment of Islamic Law based on Mukhtalif Hadiths: A Study on Ibn Qutaybah's Thoughts, Jurnal Ilmiah Al-Mu'ashirah: Media Kajian Al-Qur'an dan Al-Hadits Multi Perspektif, 2023. الْأُصُـولُ الصَّرْفيَّـةُ للمُفْـرَدَاتِ الْمُخْتَلَفِ عَلَيْهَا فِـي تَفْسـِيرِ غَـرِيبِ الْقُـرْآنِ لِلصَّنعَانِـيّ The morphological origins of the disputed vocabulary in the interpretation of Gharib Al-Qur’an by Al-Sana’ani, Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiut, 2024.

Digitised editions and texts

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

Ibn Qotaiba. Liber poësis et poëtarum quem (1904) — Internet Archive. Ibn Kutaiba's Adab-al-kâtib (1900) — Internet Archive. Handbuch der Geschichte : aus den Handschriften der k.k. Hofbibliothek zu Wien, der herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Gotha und der Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Leyden (1850) — Internet Archive. Ibn Kutaiba's Adab-al-kâtib. Nach mehreren Handschriften hrsg. von Max Grünert (1900) — Internet Archive. al-Maysir wa-al-qidāḥ (1965) — Internet Archive. An extract from Ibn Kutaiba's 'Adab al-Kâtib; or, The writer's guide (1877) — Internet Archive. Ibn Coteiba's Handbuch der Geschichte [microform] (1850) — Internet Archive. Ibn Qutaiba's 'Ujun al-ahbar: nach den Handschriften zu Constantinopel und St. Petersburg (1900) — Internet Archive. Liber poesis et poetarum (1904) — Internet Archive. Monumenta antiquissimae historiae Arabum: post Albertum Schultensium collegit (1775) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 36 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

training under Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh is recorded. the recorded working language is Arabic.

The field of work recorded is history, tafsir and science of hadith.

Employment is recorded with Baghdad.

Works named in the authority record are ʻUyūn al-akhbār, Adab al-Katib, Gharīb al-ḥadīth, The Interpretation of Conflicting Narrations, al-Shi‘r wal-Shu‘arā’ and Al-Ma'arif.

Chronology

  1. 828Ibn Qutaybah born at Kufa.
  2. 889Ibn Qutaybah died at Baghdad.
  3. 1850Handbuch der Geschichte : aus den Handschriften der k.k. Hofbibliothek zu Wien, der herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Gotha und der Universitäts-Bibliothek zu Leyden digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1877An extract from Ibn Kutaiba's 'Adab al-Kâtib; or, The writer's guide digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1900Ibn Kutaiba's Adab-al-kâtib digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1900Ibn Kutaiba's Adab-al-kâtib. Nach mehreren Handschriften hrsg. von Max Grünert digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1904Ibn Qotaiba. Liber poësis et poëtarum quem digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1965al-Maysir wa-al-qidāḥ digitised by Internet Archive.

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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