On the Final Days of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī: A Study, Edition and Translation of an Anonymous Obituary
This article presents a study, edition and translation of a hitherto unpublished and overlooked source, shedding new light on the final days and death of the celebrated Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210). An anonymous obituary, the text was composed by one of his students and is known to have surviv...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Oriens
Year: 2024, Volume: 52, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 181-208 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ghūrids
B Obituary B Khwārazmshāh B Biography B Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī B Herat |
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| Summary: | This article presents a study, edition and translation of a hitherto unpublished and overlooked source, shedding new light on the final days and death of the celebrated Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210). An anonymous obituary, the text was composed by one of his students and is known to have survived in a single manuscript copy housed at the Library of the Prophet’s Mosque, MS Medina, al-Masjid al-Nabawī 30/900. The article critically examines the obituary’s authorship and biographical content, drawing on further historical, biographical, and geographical data to reconstruct the last two years of al-Rāzī’s life against a turbulent background of factional conflict. It disproves the widely-accepted report that he was buried in secret and verifies his burial site. |
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| ISSN: | 1877-8372 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Oriens
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18778372-12340036 |
