Abū ʿAmr ad-Dānī
Abū ʿAmr ad-Dānī ( Arabic أبو عمرو الداني; born around 981 in Córdoba; died in Dénia in 1053 ); also in the form ʿUṯmān Ibn-Saʿīd ad-Dānī u. a., was an Andalusian Islamic theologian from the Malikite school of law . His Nisba ad-Dānī refers to the city of Dénia (Dāniya) in which he settled.
Live and act
Abū ʿAmr ad-Dānī was born in Córdoba in 981. He did the Hajj and lived in Cairo between 1006 and 1008. After his return to Cordoba, ad-Dānī had to flee. He first went to Almería and then to Dénia . He was particularly known as a Koran scholar , but also as a hadith scholar. He wrote the Kitāb at-Taisīr fī 'l-qirāʾāt as-sabʿ (on the seven readings of the Koran ) and Kitāb al-muqniʿ fī maʿrifat rasm maṣāḥif al-amṣār (on the Koran orthography). He died in Dénia in 1053.
Works and editions
- Kitāb al-Muqniʿ fī maʿrifat rasm maṣāḥif al-amṣār
- The textbook of the seven Koran readings , ed. by Otto Pretzl ( Bibliotheca Islamica 2)
- Orthography and punctuation of the Koran , two writings, ed. by Otto Pretzl (Bibliotheca Islamica 3)
See also
References and footnotes
- ↑ cf. the section further details of the authority data set GND 102370532 of the German National Library
Web links
- Literature by and about Abū ʿAmr ad-Dānī in the catalog of the German National Library
- Digital copies
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dānī, Abū ʿAmr ad- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dani, ʿUṯmān Ibn-Saʿīd ad-Dānī; ad- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Andalusian Koran and Hadith scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cordoba |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1053 |
| Place of death | Dénia |