ʿAlī ibn Muhammad al-Jurdjānī

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as-Saiyid asch-Sharīf ʿAlī ibn Muhammad al-Jurdschānī ( as-Sayyid aš-Šarīf ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Ǧurǧānī ; born in Tādschū near Astarābād ; died in 1413 in Shīrāz ) was a Persian Islamic theologian from the period of transition to Timurid . One of his most important works is the "Book of Definitions" (Kitāb at-Taʿrīfāt كتاب التعريفات ) .

Works (selection)

  • Josef van Ess : The dreams of school wisdom . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2013
  • Alnoor Dhanani: Jurjānī: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAli al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī (al-Sayyid al-Sharīf). In: Thomas Hockey et al: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0 , pp. 603-604 ( PDF file )

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. Britannica.com: al-Jurjani
  2. Ed. Gustav wing . Leipzig 1845. p. 30. Available online: http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10249383_00349.html