📜Biographies of Scholars

The similarities and differences in the names and nicknames of poets

المؤتلف والمختلف في أسماء الشعراء وكناهم

Author: أبو القاسم الحسن بن بشر الآمدي (المتوفى: 370هـ) (d. 370)

About this work

كتاب «المؤتلف والمختلف في أسماء الشعراء وكناهم» لأبي القاسم الآمدي هو مؤلف من فئة التراجم والطبقات يختص بتبيين الاختلافات والتشابهات في أسماء الشعراء وألقابهم وأسماء آبائهم، مع توضيح الفروق بين الشكل والنقطة في الكتابة. يُرتّب المحتوى حسب الحروف الأبجدية، حيث يُخصص باب لكل حرف يبدأ به الاسم، ويُعنى بالأسماء ذات النباهة أو الغرابة أو القلة في الشهرة. يهدف إلى تسهيل معرفة الشعراء وتفادي اللبس بين الأسماء المتقاربة.

Translation

The book “The Compound and the Different in the Names and Nicknames of Poets” by Abu al-Qasim al-Amidi is a book from the category of biographies and classes that specializes in clarifying the differences and similarities in the names of poets, their surnames, and the names of their fathers, while clarifying the differences between form and point in writing. The content is arranged according to the letters of the alphabet, with a chapter devoted to each letter with which the name begins, and it deals with names that are clever, strange, or less famous. It aims to facilitate identifying poets and avoid confusion between similar names.

Topics covered

The combinations and differences in the names of poets
Bab hamza
Chapter on the Ba’ in the beginning of nouns
Chapter on the ta’ in the beginning of nouns
Chapter on the “tha’” at the beginning of nouns
Chapter on the gym in the first names
Chapter on the H in the beginning of nouns
Chapter on the Kha in the first names
The door of the house is in the beginning of the names
Chapter on humiliation at the beginning of names
Chapter on the rā’ at the beginning of nouns
Bab Al-Zai in the first names
Chapter of the Seen in the beginning of the names
Chapter on the lexical Sheen in the beginning of nouns
Bab al-Sad in the first names
Chapter on the dād in the first names
Chapter: Ta’ in the beginning of nouns
Chapter on the dha in the beginning of names
Bab al-Ain is in the beginning of the names
Bab al-Ghain in the first names
Chapter on the Fa in the beginning of nouns
Chapter on the Qaf in the beginning of nouns
Chapter on Kaf in the beginning of names
Chapter on the Lām in the beginning of nouns
Chapter on the meem in the beginning of names

المؤتلف والمختلف لابن القيسراني = الأنساب