Al-Fihrist

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title: Al-Fihrist
text: The Kitāb al-Fihrist is a compendium of the knowledge and literature of tenth-century Islam compiled by Ibn al-Nadim (d.998). It references approx. 10,000 books and 2,000 authors. A crucial source of medieval Arabic-Islamic literature, it preserves the names of authors, books and accounts otherwise entirely lost. Al-Fihrist is evidence of Ibn al-Nadim's thirst for knowledge among the sophisticated milieu of Baghdad's intellectual elite. As a record of civilisation transmitted through Muslim cult
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description: Compendium of knowledge and literature of tenth century islam
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date created: 2011-10-28T22:57:03Z
date modified: 2024-09-07T08:51:46Z
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