al-Sam'ani

السمعاني

c. January 1113 CE · Sha'ban 506 AH – c. February 1167 CE · Rabi' I 562 AH

Abu Sa'd Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad al-Sam'ani al-Marwazi, d. AH 562 — his al-Ansab, 'a great work in the genre' in eight volumes, epitomised by Ibn al-Athir as al-Lubab and by al-Suyuti as Lubb al-Lubab 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi · Abu Muhammad al-Hijri · Abu Musa al-Madini

Overview

The imam Abu Sa'd Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad al-Marwazi al-Samani, a Shafi'i and a memoriser, who died in 562 AH. 2

"al-Ansab"

His book al-Ansab is great in its field and would run to eight volumes complete, but it is rare to find. Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari abridged it under the name "al-Lubab", and al-Suyuti abridged that under the name "Lubb al-Lubab". 2

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Authored
al-Ansab· Adab al-Imla' wa-al-Istimla'
Parent of
ابن السمعاني

People and things also explored

Marw· ابن السمعاني· Adab al-Imla' wa-al-Istimla'· al-Ansab

Sources

  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 653
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.653
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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