Ibn al-Nadim

Ibn an-Nadīm
Born~320 H (~932 CE)
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Died~385 H (~995 CE)[1]
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Notable workKitāb al-Fihrist
EraMedieval period
(Later Abbasid era)
SchoolAristotelianism[1]
Main interests
History, Arabic literature
Personal
ReligionIslam
DenominationShia[1]
CreedMu'tazila[1]
OccupationBibliographer, Historian
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Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq an-Nadīm (Arabic: ابو الفرج محمد بن إسحاق النديم), also Ibn Abī Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Warrāq, and commonly known by the nasab (patronymic) Ibn an-Nadīm (Arabic: ابن النديم; died 17 September 995 or 998), was an important Muslim bibliographer and biographer[2] of Baghdad who compiled the encyclopedia Kitāb al-Fihrist (The Book Catalogue).

  1. ^ a b c d Fück, J.W. (1960–2005). "Ibn Al-Nadīm". The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition (12 vols.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3317.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org.