Jurjani 2912877 218333606 2008-06-10T04:28:56Z Jagged 85 468111 actually, an article on the physician already exists '''Jurjani''', the name of two Arabic scholars. == Grammarians== '''Abu Bakr 'Abd ul Qahir ibn 'Abdur-Rahman Uljurjani''' (d. [[1078]]), [[Arabia]]n [[grammar]]ian, belonged to the Persian school and wrote a famous grammar, the ''Kitab ul-'Awdmil ul-Mi'a'' or ''Kitab Mi'at 'Amil'', which was edited by [[Erpenius]] (Leiden, 1617), by Baillie (Calcutta, 1803), and by A Lockett (Calcutta, 1814). Ten Arabic commentaries on this work exist in manuscript, also two Turkish. It has been versified five times and translated into [[Persian language|Persian]]. Another of his grammatical works on which several commentaries have been written is the ''Kitab Jumal fin-Nahw''. For other works see [[Carl Brockelmann]]'s ''Gesch. der Arabischen Litteratur'' (1898), i.288. == Encyclopaedist == '''Ali ibn Mahommed ul-Jurjani''' ([[1339]] – [[1414]]), [[Arabia]]n encyclopaedic writer, was born near [[Astarabad]] and became professor in [[Shiraz, Iran|Shiraz]]. When this city was plundered by [[Timur]] (1387) he removed to [[Samarkand]], but returned to Shiraz in 1405, and remained there until his death. Of his thirty-one extant works, many being commentaries on other works, one of the best known is the ''Ta'rifdt'' (Definitions), which was edited by [[Gustav Leberecht Flügel|G Flügel]] (Leipzig, 1845), published also in Constantinople (1837), Cairo (1866, etc.), and St Petersburg (1897). ==References== *{{1911}} ==See also== *[[Al-Jurjani]], a 12th-century physician [[Category:Year of birth unknown]] [[Category:1078 deaths]] [[Category:1339 births]] [[Category:1414 deaths]] [[Category:Arab writers]] [[Category:Multiple people]]