Persian Wisdom in Arabic Garb: ʿAlıı b. ʿUbayda al-Rayḥıınıı (D. 219/834) and his Jawııhir al-kilam wa-farııʾid al-ḥikam (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science.) - Hardcover

Zakeri; M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004151680 ISBN 13: 9789004151680

Publisher: BRILL, 2006

Synopsis

This source publication of Al b. Ubayda al-Rayn s remaining works provides fascinating new material for the study of Arabic literature on proverbs, translations of classical Greek and Persian into Arabic, and clarification of numerous obscure titles in the Arabic bibliographical literature.

About this title

About the Author:

Mohsen Zakeri, Ph.D. (1993) in History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, is affiliated with the University of Frankfurt. He has published extensively on early Islamic history and literature including Sasanid Soldiers in Early Muslim Society (Wiesbaden, 1995).

Review:

Awarded the "World Prize for the Book of the Year" in the field in of Iranian studies by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2009. We should be grateful for all the information that has been put at our disposal about al-Rayhani and the literary context that he formed part of. "Remke Kruk in Bibliotheca Orientalis LXVI 5-6"

Awarded the World Prize for the Book of the Year in the field in of Iranian studies by the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2009. We should be grateful for all the information that has been put at our disposal about al-Rayhani and the literary context that he formed part of. Remke Kruk in Bibliotheca Orientalis LXVI 5-6

About this edition

• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 9004151680
• ISBN 13: 9789004151680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1516
• Editor: Mohsen Zakeri