Persian wisdom in Arabic garb; 'Ali b. 'Ubayda al-Rayhani (d. 219/834) and his Jawahir al-kilam wa-fara'id al-hikam; 2v.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Persian wisdom in Arabic garb; 'Ali b. 'Ubayda al-Rayhani (d. 219/834) and his Jawahir al-kilam wa-fara'id al-hikam; 2v.

Rayhani, 'Ali ibn 'Ubaydah. Ed. and trans. by Mohsen Zakeri.

BRILL

2007

1509 pages

$399.00

Hardcover

Islamic philosophy, theology and science, text and studies

PN6519

Al-Rayhani was renowned during his own early Abbasid time as a prolific author of great erudition, translator from Middle Persian into Arabic, compiler of ...

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