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Compendium of knowledge and literature of tenth century islam The Kitāb al-Fihrist ( ) ( The Book Catalogue ) is a compendium of the knowledge and literature of tenth-century Islam compiled by Ibn al-Nadim ( c. 998 ). It references approx. 10,000 books and 2,000 authors. This crucial source of medieval Arabic -Islamic literature, informed by various ancient Hellenic and Roman civilizations, preserves from his own hand the names of authors, books and accounts otherwise entirely lost.1 Al-Fihrist is evidence of Ibn al-Nadim's thirst for knowledge among the exciting sophisticated milieu of Baghdad's intellectual elite. As a record of civilisation transmitted through Muslim culture to the Western world, it provides unique classical material and links to other civilisations.
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Compendium of knowledge and literature of tenth century islam The Kitāb al-Fihrist ( Arabic : كتاب الفهرست ) ( The Book Catalogue ) is a compendium of the knowledge and literature of tenth-century Islam compiled by Ibn al-Nadim (d. 998). It references approx. 10,000 books and 2,000 authors. A crucial source of medieval Arabic -Islamic literature, it preserves the names of authors, books and accounts otherwise entirely lost. Al-Fihrist is evidence of Ibn al-Nadim's thirst for knowledge among the sophisticated milieu of Baghdad's intellectual elite. As a record of civilisation transmitted through Muslim culture to the Western world, it provides unique classical material and links to other civilisations.
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compendium of the knowledge and )
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evidence of ibn al-nadim's thirst for knowledge among the sophisticated milieu of baghdad's intellectual elite
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