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highly esteemed him for his unique recording of people and events. Of the fourteen poets al-Ṣūlī cites, Abān ibn ‘Abdal-Ḥamīd al-Lāḥiķī and Ashja ibn ‘Amr al-Sulamī are the best known. Part of Abān's versification of the
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The word shiṭranj, often written shaṭranj, is a corrupted form of the Indian word chaturanga, which was originally a military term. The word “chess” derives from shāh or shaykh.
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Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ṣanawbarī surnamed Abū Bakr, poet of
Antioch of the Abbāsid Period. Al-Ṣūlī edited and alphabetically arranged (two hundred leaves of) of his poetry.
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Al-nardashīr, board games like backgammon or checkers. See “Shaṭrandj,” Enc. Islām, IV, 338; Asiatic
Journal and Monthly Register, V (June, 1818), 121.
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speculates that al-Ṣūlī plagiarized al-Marthadī's book on poetry and the poets, as he had seen a copy of his book that had come from al-Ṣūlī's library.
1307:. It contains many fresh details of their reigns and the literary activities of the court. Although less famous than the histories of al-Mas'ūdī and
1172:) ‘Leaves’ or ‘Folios’; unfinished work on the traditions of the caliphs and the poets; the poems and chronicles of the sons of the caliphs, from
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al-Aʻlām, qāmūs tarājim li-ashhar al-rijāl wa-al-nisāʼ min al-ʻArab wa-al-mustaʻribīn wa-al-mustashriqīn
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studied this problem in the mid-1980s but were unable to crack it. It was finally solved by
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Kitāb Murūj al-Dhahab wa-Ma'ād in al-Jawhar (Les
Prairies d'or)
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Kitāb Murūj al-Dhahab wa-Ma'ād in al-Jawhar (Les
Prairies d'or)
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408:) ‘Chess’, the first book on chess, and; –
2629:(in Arabic). Vol. VI (7). Leiden: Brill. p. 137.
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and his uncle was the poet
Ibrahim ibn al-'Abbas as-Suli.
1827:“Al-Ḥimyarī” given by Flügel and Yāqūt , but omitted in
1443:) Questions about Answers of Ramaḍān of Ibn al-Munajjim;
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Epistle of Al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf about collecting taxes;
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Others who made use of content from al-Ṣūlī’s works:
1272:. Al-Ṣūlī was interested in the lesser known poets.
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Akhbār ar-Rāḍī wa-al-Muttaķī from the Kitāb al-Awrāķ
2504:. New York & London: Columbia University Press.
2452:(in Arabic and French). Vol. I. Translated by
2426:(in Arabic and French). Vol. V. Translated by
1395:) Training of the Secretary, according to Standard;
1125:12th-century manuscript from the library of Sultan
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34:Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūli
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479:, where he died sometime after 970/71 . He wrote:
172:Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī
1479:) The Virtues of ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Furāt;
513:
2557:Ṣūlī (al-), Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā (1936).
2544:Ṣūlī (al-), Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā (1935).
2531:Ṣūlī (al-), Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā (1934).
1975:
1551:Dīwāns of Contemporary Poets edited by al-Ṣūlī
1435:Kitāb suwāl wa-jawāb Ramaḍān li Ibn al-Munajjim
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433:) was a chess rival of al-‘Adlī and the caliph
2537:Kitāb al-Awrāķ (Section on Contemporary Poets)
2460:, Pavet. Paris: Imprimerie impériale. p.
2444:Mas'ūdī (al-), Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn
2434:, Pavet. Paris: Imprimerie impériale. p.
2418:Mas'ūdī (al-), Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn
1262:Kitāb al-Awrāķ (Section on Contemporary Poets)
2343:Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations
1886:Uncertain which ‘Ibn’ of the Munajjim family.
1180:(750 -908) and poems of other members of the
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263:made extensive use of his material in his
134:Court companion of three Abbasid caliphs:
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1515:) Al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf and selected poems;
2409:Leder, S. "al-Suli, Abu Bakr Muhammad."
1503:) Traditions about al-Jubbā’ī Abū Sa’īd;
367:Other Chess players/authors in the Group
328:) Chess, the second manuscript; Book on
2635:Yāqūt, Shihāb al-Dīn ibn ‘Abd al-Ḥamawī
2617:Yāqūt, Shihāb al-Dīn ibn ‘Abd al-Ḥamawī
2589:Yāqūt, Shihāb al-Dīn ibn ‘Abd al-Ḥamawī
2583:: Dār al-ʻIlm lil-Malāyīn. p. 149.
2051:Osaulai, Muohammad Ibn Yaohyaa (2015).
1968:
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1264:: contains anthologies of poets of the
501:A Collection of the Stratagems of Chess
457:Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh
192:scholar and a court companion of three
2722:Amir al-umara of the Abbasid Caliphate
2600:
1336:Ash’ār Awlād al-Khulafā’ wa-Akhbāruhum
219:) player. His contemporary biographer
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2152:The Immortal Game: A History of Chess
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2002:
464:ابو الفرج محمد بن عبيد الله اللَجْلاج
320:Kitāb al-Shiṭranj al-Nisḥa ath-Thānīa
177:أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن العباس الصولي
36:أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن العباس الصولي
7:
2692:Courtiers from the Abbasid Caliphate
2672:10th-century Arabic-language writers
2363:Die Grammatischen Schulen der Araber
1907:وللعلمآء في ذلك نوادر ليس هذا موضعها
420:). 'Al-Nard Its Elements and Play'.
411:Al-Nard, wa Isbābha wa-al-La’ab bīha
2644:Irshād al-Arīb alā Ma'rifat al-Adīb
2626:Irshād al-Arīb alā Ma'rifat al-Adīb
2594:Irshād al-Arīb alā Ma'rifat al-Adīb
2380:Khallikān (Ibn), Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad
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2526:: F.C.W. Vogel. p. 572 (150).
1937:Compiled alphabetically by al-Ṣūlī
1862:Omitted in Beatty and Tonk MSS of
1459:Kitāb al-Shāmal fī ‘Alam al-Qur’ān
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1512:كتاب العباس بن الاحنف ومختار شعره
1495:Kitāb akhbār al-Jubbā’ī Abū Sa’īd
1387:Kitāb Adb al-Kātib 'alā al-Haqīqa
437:attended their matches. He wrote:
273:sympathies and he died hiding at
2055:. Library of Arabic Literature.
2053:The Life and Times of Abu Tammam
1440:كتاب سوال وجواب رمضان لابى النجم
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1568:Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ṣanawbarī
1471:Kitāb Munāqub ‘alā ibn al-Furāt
1200:), the poems of members of the
2259:, p. 137, Irshād, VI (7).
1527:كتاب اخبار ابآ عمرو ابن العلاء
1491:) Traditions about Abū Tammām;
1226:al-Ḥārith ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib
1224:; poems of the descendants of
417:كتاب النرد واسبابها واللعب بها
1:
2029:, p. 2677, Irshād, 1134.
1657:Ibrāhīm ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī
1500:كتاب اخبار الجُبّاءى ابى سعيد
495:) ‘The Stratagems of Chess.’
2647:(in Arabic). Lieden: Brill.
2565:(in Arabic). London: Luzac.
2552:(in Arabic). London: Luzac.
2539:(in Arabic). London: Luzac.
2204:, Access Publishers Network
1392:كتاب ادب الكاتب على الحقيقة
1297:Akhbar al-Rāḍī wa'l-Muttaqī
444:Kitāb latīf fī al- Shiṭranj
325:كتاب الشطرنج النسحة الثانية
184:– died between 941 and 948
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2232:"John's Chess Playground"
2202:The Human Comedy of Chess
2170:The Book of Chess Records
1769:List of Muslim historians
1507:Kitāb al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf
1464:كتاب الشامل فى علم القران
1431:) Varieties (unfinished);
1268:(modern poets) and their
1110:White to move, White wins
41:
2571:al-Ziriklī, Khayr al-Dīn
2217:"Exeter Chess Club blog"
1732:Arīb ibn Sa’d al-Qurṭubī
1713:Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī
1476:كتاب مناقب على بن الفرات
261:Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī
1681:Sawwār ibn Abī Sharā‘ah
1662:ابرهيم بن العباس الصولى
1530:) Traditions about Abū
1483:Kitāb akhbār Abū Tammām
1334: – iii)
507:
2411:Encyclopaedia of Islam
2403:Encyclopaedia of Islam
2398:Kratchkovsky, Ignatius
2167:Damsky, Yakov (2005),
2005:, p. 136, VI (7).
1747:‘Alī ibn Ẓāfir al-Azdī
1621:Al-‘Abbās ibn al-Aḥnaf
1399:Kitāb tafdhīl al-Sinān
1315:rule. The position of
1295: – ii)
1131:
303:Al-Ṣūlī's books were:
2687:10th-century scholars
2370:: Brockhaus. p.
2173:, Batsford, pp.
1260: – i)
1216:, the descendants of
2697:Iraqi Turkmen people
2597:(in Arabic). Beirut.
1976:Khallikān (Ibn) 1868
1737:Abū Hilāl al-‘Askarī
1290:James Heyworth-Dunne
1222:Ja‘far ibn Abī Ṭālib
486:Manṣūbāt al-Shiṭranj
450:كتاب لطيف في الشطرنج
2707:Iraqi chess players
2339:Robert Charles Bell
2230:John Tromp (2013).
1835:MSS of Al-Fihrist,
1707:Kitāb al-Muwashshaḥ
1669:Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah
1488:كتاب اخبار ابى تمام
1338:; chronicle of the
1208:the descendants of
1186:‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Alī
461:("the stammerer") (
257:Kitāb al-Muwashshaḥ
165:Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās
2712:People from Gorgan
2474:A History of Chess
2456:(de), C. barbier;
2430:(de), C. barbier;
2245:Mas'ūdī (al-) 1869
2015:Mas'ūdī (al-) 1861
1978:, p. 70, III.
1919:Omitted in Flügel.
1340:House of al-'Abbās
1218:al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī
483: –
441: –
396: –
124:Middle Abbasid era
119:Islamic Golden Age
2390:McGuckin de Slane
2017:, p. 161, I.
1532:‘Amr ibn al-‘Alā’
1404:كتاب تفضيل السنان
1108:
1107:
508:Al-Suli's Diamond
399:Kitāb al-Shiṭranj
346:Caliph of Baghdad
300:, i.e. “chess”.
232:Kitāb al-Shiṭranj
169:
168:
157:Kitāb al-Shiṭranj
107:Years active
16:(Redirected from
2729:
2717:Shatranj players
2702:History of chess
2648:
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2612:
2606:
2598:
2584:
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2553:
2540:
2527:
2519:Kitāb al-Fihrist
2516:, Gustav (ed.).
2505:
2503:
2496:, Bayard (ed.).
2469:Murray, H. J. R.
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1375:Kitāb al-'Abādah
1370:
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1342:who were poets.
1283:Yaḥyā ibn Khālid
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2615:
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2458:Courteille (de)
2442:
2432:Courteille (de)
2416:
2396:
2378:
2356:
2335:
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2329:
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2309:
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2296:Ṣūlī (al-) 1936
2294:
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2281:Ṣūlī (al-) 1934
2279:
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2269:Ṣūlī (al-) 1936
2267:
2263:
2255:
2251:
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2239:
2229:
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2215:DrDave (2013).
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2079:Ṣūlī (al-) 1936
2077:
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2063:
2050:
2049:
2045:
2041:, p. 1105.
2037:
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1717:Kitāb al-Aghānī
1696:
1674:سفيان ابن عيينة
1564:
1560:
1556:
1554:
1553:
1538:Kitāb Al-Gharar
1359:
1355:
1351:
1349:
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1279:Kalīla wa Dimna
1191:عبد الله بن على
1160:
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1130:
1124:
1113:
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492:منصوبات الشطرنج
473:‘Aḍud al-Dawlah
380:
376:
372:
370:
369:
361:blindfold chess
351:His biographer
294:
290:
286:
284:
283:
266:Kitāb al-Aghānī
241:
180:) (born c. 870
156:
155:Kitāb Al-Awrāq
150:
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72:between 941/948
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2567:
2559:Heyworth-Dunne
2554:
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2541:
2533:Heyworth-Dunne
2528:
2506:
2486:
2466:
2440:
2414:
2407:
2394:
2376:
2358:Flügel, Gustav
2354:
2334:
2331:
2328:
2327:
2325:, p. 372.
2315:
2313:, p. 331.
2300:
2285:
2273:
2261:
2249:
2247:, p. 148.
2237:
2222:
2207:
2189:
2183:
2156:
2150:Shenk, David,
2142:
2140:, p. 342.
2127:
2125:, p. 566.
2115:
2113:, p. 341.
2098:
2096:, p. 330.
2083:
2068:
2061:
2043:
2031:
2019:
2007:
1995:
1993:, p. 329.
1980:
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1423:Kitāb al-Anwā’
1420:
1408:
1396:
1384:
1372:
1371:) The Viziers;
1363:Kitāb al-Wazrā
1347:
1344:
1258:
1257:
1256:
1255:
1252:Kitāb Al-Awrāq
1246:Ishaq al-Nadīm
1182:Banū al-‘Abbās
1164:Kitāb Al-Awrāq
1159:
1157:Kitāb Al-Awrāq
1154:
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471:court of king
439:
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368:
365:
342:
341:
334:chess openings
330:chess strategy
317:
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226:Kitāb Al-Awrāq
221:Isḥāq al-Nadīm
167:
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131:Known for
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2568:
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2555:
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2534:
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2522:(in Arabic).
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2520:
2515:
2511:
2507:
2502:
2501:
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2487:
2484:
2483:0-936317-01-9
2480:
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2366:(in German).
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2184:0-7134-8946-4
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2119:
2116:
2112:
2107:
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2103:
2099:
2095:
2090:
2088:
2084:
2081:, p. 10.
2080:
2075:
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2069:
2064:
2062:9780814760406
2058:
2054:
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1727:Hilāl al-Ṣābī
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1460:
1457:
1448:
1447:Kitāb Ramaḍān
1445:
1436:
1433:
1424:
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1411:Kitāb al-Shāb
1409:
1400:
1397:
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1354:
1345:
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1318:amir al-umara
1314:
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1287:
1284:
1280:
1275:
1271:
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1247:
1235:السيد الحميرى
1231:
1227:
1223:
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1211:
1207:
1203:
1187:
1183:
1179:
1175:
1165:
1162:
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1158:
1155:
1150:
1148:
1146:
1145:Yuri Averbakh
1143:
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1135:
1128:
1121:
1117:
1099:
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943:
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747:
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385:
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349:
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338:knight's tour
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19:
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2472:
2448:
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2384:
2362:
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2333:Bibliography
2318:
2298:, p. 6.
2276:
2264:
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2240:
2225:
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1578:ابن الرومى
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