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📜Biographies of Scholars

News of scholars about the best of the wise

أخبار العلماء بأخيار الحكماء

Author: جمال الدين أبو الحسن علي بن يوسف القفطي (المتوفى: 646هـ) (d. 646)

About this work

كتاب "أخبار العلماء بأخيار الحكماء" لجمال الدين القفطي هو مؤلف من نوع التراجم والطبقات يهدف إلى جمع سيرة وأعمال الحكماء والعلماء من مختلف العصور والأمم. يُرتّب المحتوى حسب الحروف الأبجدية، حيث يخصص كل حرف لقائمة من الأسماء مع ذكر كتبهم وتفاصيلها، مع تركيز خاص على مؤلفات جالينوس وغيرها من المصادر الفلسفية والطبيعية. يقدّم المؤلف في مقدمة الكتاب إشارة إلى الاختلافات بين العلماء في تحديد أول من تحدث في مجال الحكمة، ويستند إلى مصادر تاريخية وأدبية لتوثيق المعلومات. يُعدّ هذا الكتاب مرجعاً يُسهل على القارئ الاطلاع على حياة وأفكار الحكماء وتاريخ مؤلفاتهم.

Translation

The book “News of the Scholars of the Best of the Wise” by Jamal al-Din al-Qifti is a book of the type of biographies and classes that aims to collect the biography and works of the wise and scholars from different eras and nations. The content is arranged according to the letters of the alphabet, with each letter devoted to a list of names, mentioning their books and their details, with a special focus on the works of Galen and other philosophical and natural sources. In the introduction to the book, the author provides an indication of the differences between scholars in determining who was the first to speak in the field of wisdom, and relies on historical and literary sources to document the information. This book is a reference that makes it easy for the reader to learn about the lives and thoughts of the sages and the history of their writings.

Topics covered

  • The letter hamza in the names of the wise men
  • Talking about his natural books
  • Books found in the closet of the man called Ablaqon
  • The unified letter Ba in the names of the wise men
  • The double letter ta in the names of the wise men
  • The triangular letter “tha” in the names of the wise men
  • The letter J in the names of the wise men
  • Naming Galen's books, mentioning them, and explaining them
  • Galen wrote other than the sixteen books mentioned above
  • The neglected letter “ha” in the names of the wise men
  • The lexicalized letter Kha in the names of the wise men
  • The neglected letter D in the names of the wise
  • The dictionary letter D in the names of the wise men
  • The neglected letter 'r' in the names of the wise men
  • The dictionary letter “Za” in the names of the wise men
  • The neglected letter “S” in the names of the wise men
  • The dictionary letter Sheen in the names of the wise men
  • The neglected letter Sad in the names of the wise men
  • The neglected letter ta in the names of the wise men
  • The neglected letter 'ayn' in the names of the wise men
  • The lexicalized letter Ghain in the names of the wise men
  • The letter F in the names of the wise men
  • Burning the Qaf in the names of the wise
  • The letter K in the names of the wise men
  • The letter L in the names of the wise men

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