- philologists. 'Alī al-
Qifṭī,
known as Ibn al-
Qifṭī, was a
native of Qift,
Upper Egypt, the son of al-Qāḍī al-Ashraf, Yūsuf al-
Qifṭī (b.548/1153), and the...
- to Mecca. A
possible ulterior motive for his
pilgrimage reported by Al-
Qifti, was a
public demonstration of his
faith with a view to
allaying su****ions...
- library's
destruction by the
order of
Caliph Umar. The
earliest was al-
Qifti who
described the
story in a
biographical dictionary History of Learned...
- is
still used by geophysicists. List of Arab
scientists and
scholars Al-
Qifṭī gives his name: Ibn Sinān Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Harranī,
known as al-Battānī...
-
taken up in
Islamic mathematics in the 8th century, as
recorded in al-
Qifti's Chronology of the
scholars (early 13th century). In 10th
century Islamic...
-
published in 1942. This
publication substantially supported al-
Qifti's work,
although al-
Qifti apparently toned down the
description and
prominence of al-Tawhīdī's...
-
scientists and
scholars List of
scientists in
medieval Islamic world Al-
Qifti. Ikhbār al-ʿulamāʾ bi-akhbār al-ḥukamāʾ ("History of
Learned Men"). In:...
- ISBN 978-1859641866. Öngüt, Ömer (2018). Sadat-ı Kiram. İstanbul: Hakikat. p. 125. al-
Qifti,
Tarikh al-Hukama' [Leipzig, 1903], 185; al-Shibi, op. cit., 360 Adamec...
-
House of Wisdom, was also
known as Bayt al-Hikma or, as the
historian al-
Qifti called it,
Khizanat Kutub al-Hikma (Arabic for "Storehouse of the Books...
- and
astronomy are
mentioned among his
works in Tabaqāt.
Mentioned by al-
Qifṭī in the
account of the
astronomer al-Battānī in his Ta’rīkh al-Ḥukamā’ ....
