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al-Maydani

الميداني

1124 CE · 518 AH

Abu al-Fadl al-Maydani al-Nisaburi (d. 518) — the great collector of Arab proverbs (Majma' al-Amthal), companion of the mufassir al-Wahidi; his son Abu Sa'd wrote al-Asma fi al-Asma' 1.

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Roles
writer · philologist
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Life in time

10501075110011251150117512001225 c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abu al-Salt al-Andalusi · Abu Musa al-Madini · Al-Anbari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad · Al-Asmandi, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid

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Sources

  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story.