Al-Sharif al-Jurjani | |
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%2c_Sharh_tadkira_(a_commentary_on_al-Tusi%2527s_Kitab_al-tadhkira%2c_on_astronomy)%2c_Persia%2c_Timurid%2c_dated_1410.jpg) Manuscript of Jurjani'sSharh Tadkira (a commentary onNasir al-Din Tusi'sKitab al-tadhkira, on astronomy). Copy created inTimurid Iran, dated 1410. This particular copy is the oldest extant version of the work and was created during Jurjani's lifetime | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1339 CE |
| Died | 1414 CE |
| Era | earlyTimurid period[1] |
| Region | Shiraz |
| Main interest(s) | Kalam((Islamictheology)),Mantiq (logic),Falkiat |
| Notable work(s) | Jurjani Definitions,Sharh al-Mawaqif |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani (1339–1414) (Persianعلی بن محمد جرجانی) was aPersian[4] encyclopedic writer, scientist, and traditionalist theologian. He is referred to as "al-Sayyid al-Sharif" in sources due to his alleged descent fromAli ibn Abi Taleb.[1] He was born in the village of Ṭāḡu nearAstarabad in Gorgan (hence thenisba "Jurjani"),[1] and became a professor inShiraz. When this city was plundered byTimur in 1387, he moved toSamarkand, but returned to Shiraz in 1405, and remained there until his death.[5]
The author of more than fifty books,[6] of his thirty-one extant works, many being commentaries on other works, one of the best known is theTaʿrīfāt (تعريفات "Definitions"),[7] which was edited byGustav Flügel (Leipzig, 1845), published also in Constantinople (1837), Cairo (1866, etc.), and St Petersburg (1897).[5]
al-Jurjani, Ali* b. Muhammad (al-Sayyid al-Sharif): Persian grammarian, philosopher and linguist; 1339-1413.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Jurjānīs.v. ʽAlī ibn Maḥommed ul-Jurjānī". InChisholm, Hugh (ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 587.
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