Ibn al-Nadim
ابن النديم
Abu al-Faraj Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Nadim al-Warraq — fourth-century Baghdadi bookseller and author of the Fihrist 1.
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Abu al-Faraj Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Nadim al-Warraq al-Baghdadi, author of the Fihrist, a catalogue of the books of the nations and their sciences, with the titles of the books and their authors. He lived in Baghdad in the fourth century AH, and was both a boon companion and a bookseller. 1
In the introduction to his catalogue he records that his account reaches to the year 377 AH. 2
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- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p. 1-49
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p. 3
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