Alfred Guillaume
Alfred Guillaume (* 1888 ; † 1965 ) was an Islamic scholar , orientalist, religious scholar and ordained Anglican priest. He is the translator of Ibn Ishaq's " Sirat Rasul Allah " (The Life of the Prophet Mohammed), the earliest and most important historical source of information on the life of Mohammed . He taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London .
Important works
- The Life of Muhammad. A translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah. Oxford 1955.
- The Traditions of Islam. An Introduction to the study of the Hadith literature. Clarendon Press, Oxford [et. a.] 1924. ( digitized version ).
- (with Thomas Arnold ) The Legacy of Islam. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1931.
- Kitāb Nihājat al-iqdām fī ʿilm al-kalām / Abu-ʾl-Fatḥ Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Karīm aš-Šahrastānī. Oxford University Press, London 1934.
- Prophecy and Divination Among the Hebrew and Other Semites. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1938.
- (Translation and Commentary) The life of Muhammad. A translation of Isḥāq's Sīrat Rasūl Allāh. / Muḥammad Ibn-Isḥāq. Oxford University Press, London [u. a.] 1955.
- Hebrew and Arabic lexicography. Brill, Leiden 1965.
- Islam. Penguin, Hammondsworth 1971.
Web links
- The Life of Muhammad. A translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah - Internet Archive , scan of the 7th edition, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-636033-1 , p. Xl (40).
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| SURNAME | Guillaume, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German scholar of Islam |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1888 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |