Book Review: Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-‘Imād al-Kātib al-Asfahānī. Nusrat al-fatrah wa ‘usrat al-fitrah. ed. Issam Mustafa Okleh. 2 vols. London: Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation, Centre for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-78814-533-6, 443, 598 pp.

Authors : Halil İbrahim HANÇABAY

Pages : 507-511

Doi:10.26650/di.2020.31.2.0088

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Publication Date : 2020-12-25

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :‘Imād al-Dīn al-Isfahānī belonged to a distinguished family of the 6th/12th centuries, members of which held high positions in the Seljuk government such as clerks and viziers. After his primary education in al-Ray and al-Kāshān, ‘Imād al-Dīn went to Baghdād and studied under several scholars at al-Nizāmiyah insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(534/1139);. After his education at al-Nizāmiyah, he came back to al-Isfahān in 543 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1119); and then six years later returned to Baghdād. After his second arrival in the ‘Abbāsīd capital, ‘Imād al-Dīn was appointed as a nāib by Vizier Ibn al-Hubayra in Wāsit. After the suspicious death of Ibn al-Hubayra insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(559/1164);, he remained in custody for a time, and later went to Damascus and served as a kātib and mushrif of Dīvān al-Inshā in the Zangī and Ayyūbīd administrations. But after the death of Salah al-Dīn, ‘Imād al-Dīn fell out of favor with the authorities and went to live in Egypt for approximately a year. Finally, he returned to Damascus and died there on 1 Ramadan 597 hijrī insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(5 June 1201);.
Keywords : Seljuks, Abbâsids, Imād al Dīn al Isfahānī, Nusrat al fatrah

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