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• IBN

IBN KHALLIKAN [See also:

• ABU

Abu-I `Abbas Ahmad ibn Khallikan] (1211-1282)  , Arabian biographer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ARBELA (ARBA`IL, i.e. " Four-god-city")

Arbela, the son of a See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor reputed to be ascended from the See also:

• BARMECIDES

Barmecides of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• HARUN

Harun al-Rashid . When eighteen he went to See also:

• ALEPPO (native Haleb)

Aleppo, where he studied for six years, then to See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus, and in 1238 to See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria and See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo . In 1252 he married and became See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• CADI (g¢di)

cadi of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria in Damascus in 1261 . Having held this See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for ten years, he was professor in Cairo until 1278, when he again took office in Damascus for three years . In 1281 he accepted a professorship in the same See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, but died in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . His See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work is the Kitab Wafayat ul-A`ydn, " The Obituaries of Eminent Men." It contains in alphabetical See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order the lives of the most celebrated persons of Moslem See also:

• HISTORY

history and literature, except those of See also:

• MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

Mahomet, the four caliphs and the companions of Mahomet and their followers (the Tdbiun) . The work is anecdotal and contains many brief extracts from the See also:

• POETRY

poetry of the writers . It was published by F . Wiistenfeld (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1835-1843), in See also:

• PART

part by McG. de Slane (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1838—1842), and also in Cairo (1859 and 1882) . An See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by McG. de Slane was published for the See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental Translation Fund in 4 vols . (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1842-1871) . Thirteen extra See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies from a See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript in See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam were published by Pijnappel (Amsterdam, 1845) .

A See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian translation exists in manuscript, and various extracts from the work are known . Several supplements to the See also:

• BOOK

book have been written, the best known being that of Mahommed See also:

• IBN

ibn Shakir (d . 1362), published at Cairo 1882 . A collection of poems by Ibn Khallikan is also extant . (G . W .