‘Abd al-Ḥamīd b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Angūrī
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- ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd b. ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Angūrī
- Biographical notes
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- Nothing is known of the life of this author Ḥamid Anguri. His nisba indicates he may have been a native of Ankara. His works suggest a well educated man, at home in both Arabic and Persian.
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- عبد الحمید بن عبد الرحمن انگوري
- Manuscripts by this author
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- 1- Silk al-Jawāhir
- The work, a verse dictionary of Persian comprised of 35 qiṭ‘as in 550 bayts in a variety of metres, was composed in imitation of the works of the poets Badr al-Dīn al-Farāhī and Husam al-Dīn al-Khūyī حسام الدين خوئى، حسن بن عبد المؤمنaccording to the introduction. The author in his introduction expresses the hope that it will become widely read like Husam al-Dīn al-Khūyī حسام الدين خوئى، حسن بن عبد المؤمن’s work the Niṣāb al-Ṣibyān wa Naṣīb al-Fityān.
- Munyat al-Wā‘iẓīn wa-Ghunyat al-Mutta‘aẓīn
- The work was composed after Angūrī’s lost Kitāb al-Mu‘ashsharāt wa’l-Mukhammasāt fī al-Aḥādīth al-Nabawiyya (کتاب المعشرات و المعشرات فی المخمسات فی الأحاديث النبوية) . It is divided into 40 short chapters (bāb), each headed with a hadith and illustrated with a story, dealing with the basic elements of the Muslim’s life such as unity of God (tawhid), prayer, knowledge, jihad, marriage, wine drinking. The work also contains numerous verse quotations in Arabic and Persian. Show more
- :Date of composition is Jumada I 773 (mentioned in preface). However, Hajji Khalifa (), gives the date as Jumada I 763.
- Silk al-Jawāhir
- The work, a verse dictionary of Persian comprised of 35 qiṭ‘as in 550 bayts in a variety of metres, was composed in imitation of the works of the poets Badr al-Dīn al-Farāhī and Husam al-Dīn al-Khūyī حسام الدين خوئى، حسن بن عبد المؤمنaccording to the introduction. The author in his introduction expresses the hope that it will become widely read like Husam al-Dīn al-Khūyī حسام الدين خوئى، حسن بن عبد المؤمن’s work the Niṣāb al-Ṣibyān wa Naṣīb al-Fityān.
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