ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm

by D'Hubert, Thibaut

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ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm (c. 1008–80/1600–70) was born in the village of Bābūpūr, in the kingdom of Bhulua, in present-day southeastern Bangladesh. With Ālāol (fl. 1061–82/1651–71), he was one of the most prolific writers of premodern Bengali literature. We have little material with which to reconstruct his biography (Sultana, 20–50). He was a rural scholar versed in Persian literature, who translated several texts into Bengali. ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm’s oeuvre is a window on the religious life of eastern Bengal du…

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ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm (c. 1008–80/1600–70) was born in the village of Bābūpūr, in the kingdom of Bhulua, in present-day southeastern Bangladesh. With Ālāol (fl. 1061–82/1651–71), he was one of the most prolific writers of premodern Bengali literature. We have little material with which to reconstruct his biography (Sultana, 20–50). He was a rural scholar versed in Persian literature, who translated several texts into Bengali. ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm’s oeuvre is a window on the religious life of eastern Bengal during the eleventh/

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei3235

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eng Islam

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D'Hubert, Thibaut

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