al-Dīnawarī, Abū Saʿd

by Orfali, Bilal

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Abū Saʿd Naṣr b. Yaʿqūb al-Dīnawarī (d. after 400/1010) was an adīb (litterateur) and kātib (secretary) to the Ghaznavid ruler Yamīn al-Dawla Maḥmūd al-Ghaznawī (r. 388–421/998–1030). He resided in Nīshāpūr as a government functionary. He is the author of a number of lost adab works including: Rawāʾiʿ al-tawjīhāt min badāʾiʿ al-tashbīhāt (“Wondrous instructions from novel similes”), Thimār al-uns fī tashbīhāt al-Furs (“The fruits of delight on Persian similes”), Ḥuqqat al-jawāhir fī l-mafākhir …

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Abū Saʿd Naṣr b. Yaʿqūb al-Dīnawarī (d. after 400/1010) was an adīb (litterateur) and kātib (secretary) to the Ghaznavid ruler Yamīn al-Dawla Maḥmūd al-Ghaznawī (r. 388–421/998–1030). He resided in Nīshāpūr as a government functionary. He is the author of a number of lost adab works including: Rawāʾiʿ al-tawjīhāt min badāʾiʿ al-tashbīhāt (“Wondrous instructions from novel similes”), Thimār al-uns fī tashbīhāt al-Furs (“The fruits of delight on Persian similes”), Ḥuqqat al-jawāhir fī l-mafākhir (“The jewel box of glorious

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei509

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eng Islam

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Orfali, Bilal

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