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Mulla Nasruddin Khodja a Major Character of Muslim Satiric Literature |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 11 January, 2008 |
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Mullah Nasruddin Khodja is a wise man famous throughout the Muslim and some parts of the non-Muslim world since the 16th century. Historical documents show that he lived in the 13th century in Anatolia (today Turkey). He was a scholar (âlim) or at least an educated man. His jokes were narrated for centuries between people for different purposes, some for humour and some to tell as stories full of meaning and wisdom.
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The Scholars of Istanbul |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 14 September, 2007 |
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This article describes the Muslim Scholars of Istanbul.
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Latinized Names of Muslim Scholars |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 28 August, 2007 |
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This article includes the Latinized names of Muslim scholars.
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The Scholars of Seville |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 17 August, 2007 |
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This article describes some important scholars of Seville.
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The Scholars of Aleppo |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 17 August, 2007 |
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In this article Muslim scholars of Aleppo are described.
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Sihab Al-Din Ahmed ibn Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Nuwairi (d. 1331-2) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Sat 04 August, 2007 |
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Al-Nuwairi's role in the Mamluk administration is reflected in his work Nihayat al-Arab fifunun al-Adab, a vast encyclopedia designed to contain "all the knowledge that was indispensable for a first-class scribe."
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Ibn Al-Daya (d. 951) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Sat 04 August, 2007 |
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Ibn Al-Daya was the author of the Sirat Ahmad b. Tulun wa'bnihi Khumarawayh (Biography of Ibn Tulun and his son Khumarawayh). This is a biography of the first Tulunid rulers of Egypt.
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Ibn Abd Al-Hakam (803-871) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Sat 04 August, 2007 |
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Ibn al-Hakam provides an early history of Egypt is the Futuh Misr wa'l Maghrib wa Akhbaruha (Conquest of Egypt and the Maghrib; Conquest of Egypt and the Accounts thereof) in seven books.
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Ibn Hayyan (d. 1076) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Sat 04 August, 2007 |
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Ibn Hayyan was virulent in his writings of numerous personalities of his time. Among the works attributed with greater or less certainty to Ibn Hayyan, two titles stand out: Kitâb al-Muqtabis fi Tarikh al-Andalus (Book of Him Who Seeks Knowledge about the History of al-Andalus) in ten volumes, and Kitâb al-Matin (the Solid Book), describing the main events around him.
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Al-Humaydi (d. 1095) |
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By: FSTC Limited, Sat 04 August, 2007 |
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Al-Humaydi wrote Jadh'watu-i-muktabim (The Sparkle of Fire). Its contents are the lives of eminent Spanish Muslims, divided into ten parts, and preceded by a valuable historical introduction.
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