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Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia
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Chronology of Ancient Nations
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Al-Biruni
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Iranian
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1307
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Detail of page from the Chronology of Ancient Nations by Al-Biruni. Image shows Bihafarid, a religious leader from Iran, convincing a peasant to join his sect by telling him that he has just returned from heaven and has been given Green garment as proof of his trip. Combining elements of Zoroastrianism and Islam, Bihafarid's sect, which developed following a trip to China, naturally faced opposition from both religious groups. Written by the famous astronomer and polymath Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni, the Chronology of Ancient Nations is a compendium and chronicle of a vast number of calendars and chronological systems from a variety of different cultural and religious groups from throughout the late antique and medieval periods in the Hellenic world, Central Asia and the Near East. Completed in the year 1000, it even includes details of festivals and liturgical practices, in addition to more specific information. This particular manuscript is thought to have been copied in 1307 and was the archetype for the three later versions which were used by Edward Sachau to translate the document from Arabic into English during the nineteenth century. A free online copy of this translation can be found via the following link: https://archive.org… Sources: http://www.ucl.ac.u… (accessed 06/06/14). Chelkowski, P. J. (1975), 'The scholar and the saint : studies in commemoration of Abuʾl-Rayhan al-Biruni and Jalal al-Din al-Rumi', New York.
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Detail of page from the Chronology of Ancient Nations by Al-Biruni. Image shows Bihafarid, a religious leader from Iran, convincing a peasant to join his sect by telling him that he has just returned from heaven and has been given Green garment as proof of his trip. Combining elements of Zoroastrianism and Islam, Bihafarid's sect, which developed following a trip to China, naturally faced opposition from both religious groups. Written by the famous astronomer and polymath Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni, the Chronology of Ancient Nations is a compendium and chronicle of a vast number of calendars and chronological systems from a variety of different cultural and religious groups from throughout the late antique and medieval periods in the Hellenic world, Central Asia and the Near East. Completed in the year 1000, it even includes details of festivals and liturgical practices, in addition to more specific information. This particular manuscript is thought to have been copied in 1307 and was the archetype for the three later versions which were used by Edward Sachau to translate the document from Arabic into English during the nineteenth century. A free online copy of this translation can be found via the following link: https://archive.org/details/chronologyofanci00biru. Sources: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewish/research/research-pro/calendars-antiquity-middle-ages/al-biruni (accessed 06/06/14). Chelkowski, P. J. (1975), 'The scholar and the saint : studies in commemoration of Abuʾl-Rayhan al-Biruni and Jalal al-Din al-Rumi', New York.
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Islamic & Asian
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Digital Image: Copyright The University of Edinburgh. Original: Out of Copyright.
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