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• IBN

IBN QUTAIBA, or KOTAIBA [See also:

• ABU

Abu Mahommed ibn Muslim ibn Qutaiba] (828–889)  , Arabian writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BAGDAD, or BAGHDAD

Bagdad or See also:

• KUFA

Kufa, and was of Iranian descent, his See also:

• FATHER

father belonging to See also:

• MERV, MERU

Merv . Having studied tradition and See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology he became See also:

• CADI (g¢di)

cadi in Dinawar and afterwards teacher in Bagdad, where he died . He was the first representative of the eclectic school of Bagdad philologists that succeeded the See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of Kufa and See also:

• BASRA (written also BUSRA, BASSORA and BASSORA)

Basra (see See also:

• ARABIA

ARABIA: Literature, See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section " See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar ") . Although engaged also in theological polemic (cf . I . See also:

• GOLDZIHER, IGNAZ (1850– )

Goldziher, Mu/zammedanische Studien, ii . 136, Haile, 189o), his See also:

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

chief See also:

• WORKS

works were directed to the training of the ideal secretary . Of these five may be said to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series . The Adab ul-Kdtib (" Training of the Secretary ") contains instruction in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing and is a compendium of Arabic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . It has been edited by Max Griinert (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 1900) . The Kitab ush-Sharab is still in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript . The Kitab ul-Ma'arif has been edited by F .

Wiistenfeld as the Handbuch der Geschichte 1 (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 185o); the Kitab ush-Shi'r See also:

• WASH, THE

wash-Shu'arai (" See also:

• BOOK

Book of See also:

• POETRY

Poetry and Poets ") edited by M . J. de See also:

• GOEJE, MICHAEL JAN DE (1836—1909)

Goeje (Leiden, 1904).2 The fifth and most important is the 'Uyun ul-Akhbar, which deals in ten books with lordship, See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility, See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and eloquence, See also:

• ASCETICISM

asceticism, friendship, See also:

• REQUESTS, COURT OF

requests, foods and See also:

• WOMEN

women, with many illustrations from See also:

• HISTORY

history, poetry and See also:

• PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)

proverb (ed . C . Brockelmann, Leiden, 'goo sqq.) . For other works (which were much quoted by later Arabian writers) see C . Brockelmann, Gesch. der arabischen Literatur, vol. i . (See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, 1898), pp . 120-122 . (G . W .