Keys to the sciences : (Maqālīd al-ʻulūm), a gift for the Muzaffarid Shāh Shujāʻ on the definitions of technical terms / edited with an introduction by Gholamreza Dadkhah, Reza Pourjavady.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dadkhah, Gholamreza, editor.

Pourjavady, Reza, editor.

Series:

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; 0169-8729 112.

Islamic philosophy, theology and science. texts and studies, 0169-8729 ; 112

Standardized Title:

Maqālīd al-ʻulūm.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Terminology--Arabic.

Science.

Science--Terminology.

Arabic language--Terms and phrases.

Arabic language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

vi, 241 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Language Note:

Text in English and Arabic.

Summary:

"Maqālīd al-ʻulūm (Keys to the Sciences) is a significant source on definitions of Arabic scientific terms in the post-classical period. Composed by an anonymous author, it contains over eighteen hundred definitions in the realm of twenty-one religious, literary, and rational sciences. The work was dedicated to the Muzaffarid Shāh Shujāʻ, who ruled over Shiraz and its neighbouring regions from 759/1358 to 786/1384. The present volume contains a critical edition of Maqālīd al-ʻulūm based on its three extant manuscripts. In the introduction, the editors review previous scholarship on the text, present an overview of patronage at the court of Shāh Shujāʻ and identify some of the sources used by the author of the work. They suggest that the work in its structure mirrors Abū ʻAbdullah Khuwārizmī Maqālīd al-ʻulūm, completed in 366/976"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Keys to the sciences

ISBN:

9789004423350

9004423354

OCLC:

1147942169