Adīb Naṭanzī

by Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Behrooz

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Adīb Naṭanzī , Abū ʿAbdallāh Ḥusayn b. Ibrāhīm b. Aḥmad ʿIrāqī (fl. fifth/eleventh century), was a poet and linguist from Naṭanz, near Isfahan, in central Iran. His sobriquets were “Dhū l-Lisānayn” (he who has two languages, or two tongues) and Dhū l-Bayānayn (bilingual), reflecting his ability to compose poetry in both Persian and Arabic. Little is known about Adīb's life and only a few of his Arabic and Persian verses have survived. One of his Arabic odes describes Isfahan, and the names of s…

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Adīb Naṭanzī , Abū ʿAbdallāh Ḥusayn b. Ibrāhīm b. Aḥmad ʿIrāqī (fl. fifth/eleventh century), was a poet and linguist from Naṭanz, near Isfahan, in central Iran. His sobriquets were “Dhū l-Lisānayn” (he who has two languages, or two tongues) and Dhū l-Bayānayn (bilingual), reflecting his ability to compose poetry in both Persian and Arabic. Little is known about Adīb's life and only a few of his Arabic and Persian verses have survived. One of his Arabic odes describes Isfahan, and the names of some of his masters

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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