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1233: 155:"With particular reference to religious schools and movements in early Islam, his studies, based on a vast array of primary sources, have enriched the discipline’s understanding of almost every major Muslim movement and community – not only early Imami Shi‘ism and the later developments of 44: 416:. An Edition and English Translation of Ibn al-Haytham’s Kitab al-Munazarat, by Wilferd Madelung and Paul E. Walker. I.B. Tauris, London, 2000, ISBN 1-86064-551-8. (Published online by Cambridge University Press in 2016.) 642: 479:
Vol. V). Arabic Edition by Wilferd Madelung with an Introduction by Theodor Abt. Translation by Salwa Fuad and Theodor Abt. Living Human Heritage Publications, Zurich, 2019; ISBN 978-3-9524468-3-6.
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Already 20 years before passing away he had produced some 15 books and edited volumes, 60 book chapters and papers in scientific journals, 130 encyclopaedia entries and about 160 book reviews.
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Vol. I). Edited by Theodor Abt, Wilferd Madelung, Thomas Hofmeier, with Introduction by Theodor Abt. Living Human Heritage Publications, Zurich, 2003; ISBN 3-9522608-1-9.
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Arabic Text edited with an English Introduction by Wilferd Madelung. Corpus Alchemicum Arabicum IV. Living Human Heritage Publications, Zurich 2016.
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Farhad Daftary and Josef Meri (2003): Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam. Essays in Honour of Wilferd Madelung. London: Tauris. p. 6.
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Farhad Daftary and Josef Meri (2003): Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam. Essays in Honour of Wilferd Madelung. London: Tauris. p. 3.
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Farhad Daftary and Josef Meri (2003): Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam. Essays in Honour of Wilferd Madelung. London: Tauris. p. 5.
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in 1963, and assistant professor (1964–65), associate professor (1966–68) and professor of Islamic History from 1969 until 1978 at the
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The Pure Pearl and other texts by Muhammad Ibn Umail. Ad-Durra an-naqīya, As-Sīra an-naqīya, Al-Qașīda al-Mīmīya, Al-Mabāqil as-sab'a
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was celebrated as a landmark work in the equitable depiction of Shia views on the Islamic succession process following the death of
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Arabic Texts Concerning The History of The Zaydī Imāms of Tabaristān, Daylamān And Gīlān
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https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2023/may/in-memoriam-professor-wilferd-madelung-1930-2023/
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and Elisabeth Emma Madelung to the US where his father continued his career as an
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An Ismaili Heresiography: The 'Bāb al-Shayṭān' from Abū Tammāms' Kitāb al-shajara
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An Ismaili Heresiography: The 'Bāb al-Shayṭān' from Abū Tammāms' Kitāb al-shajara
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The Book of the Rank of the Sage. Rutbat al-Ḥakīm by Maslama al-Qurṭubī.
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in the State Archives of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
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Der Imam al-Qasim ibn Ibrahim und die Glaubenslehre der Zaiditen
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for his significant contributions to the fields of Islamic and
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Dinars and Dirhams: Festschrift in Honor of Michael L. Bates
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Book of the Explanation of the Symbols. Kitāb Ḥall ar-Rumūz
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widely recognised for his contributions to the fields of
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The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness
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specialising in rockets. Wilferd Madelung enrolled at
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German-American scholar of Islamic history (1930–2023)
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1963–1966). His PhD thesis from 1957 was titled "The
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http://www.eslam.de/begriffe/m/madelung_wilferd.htm
430:(Part 2). Edited by Wilferd Madelung. Beirut, 2003. 109: 95: 87: 75: 53: 34: 1043:"IIS Senior Research Fellow Receives Farabi Award" 842:"IIS Senior Research Fellow Receives Farabi Award" 145:for his "knowledgeable and fair" treatment of the 688:(in German). University of Hamburg. 12 July 2022. 595:http://hadith.net/en/post/49669/wilferd-madelung 391:Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam 363:Madelung died on 9 May 2023 at the age of 92. 1093: 450:Religious schools and sects in medieval Islam 8: 993:Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 1321:Academic staff of the University of Hamburg 167:Islam but also the lesser known aspects of 1100: 1086: 1078: 42: 31: 956:Madelung, Wilferd; Walker, Paul (1998). 334:Ministry of Islamic Guidance and Culture 514: 1019:from the original on 22 September 2022 633: 631: 629: 574:. BRILL. 1 February 2021. p. 13. 384:Religious Trends in Early Islamic Iran 317:, and a senior research fellow at the 276:". He was a visiting professor at the 125:(26 December 1930 – 9 May 2023) was a 1326:University of Texas at Austin faculty 1049:from the original on 10 February 2023 877:"ویلفرد مادلونگ دار فانی را وداع گفت" 848:from the original on 10 February 2023 352:He was married to Margaret Madelung. 7: 1281:Fellows of St John's College, Oxford 796:from the original on 15 January 2021 522: 520: 518: 464:Ibāḍī Texts from the 2nd/8th Century 313:. From 1999, he was a member of the 179:schools of theology and philosophy." 149:perspective. In the obituary of the 25: 822:from the original on 17 July 2022 719:from the original on 17 July 2022 645:from the original on 25 July 2022 614:from the original on 25 July 2022 1231: 933:from the original on 5 June 2018 790:"Professor Wilferd Madelung FBA" 745:from the original on 3 July 2022 713:"Professor Wilferd Madelung FBA" 299:During this time, his 1997 book 1266:German Islamic studies scholars 1286:Fellows of the British Academy 412:Madelung, W. and Walker, P. - 405:Madelung, W. and Walker, P. - 1: 1331:University of Chicago faculty 1072:Institute for Ismaili Studies 344:(see list of publications). 319:Institute for Ismaili Studies 278:University of Texas at Austin 1316:Georgetown University alumni 1311:University of Hamburg alumni 1276:Laudian Professors of Arabic 1109:Laudian Professors of Arabic 675:, retrieved on July 21, 2023 597:, retrieved on July 21, 2023 547:, retrieved on July 21, 2023 426:Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā al-Balāḏurī: 342:spiritually oriented alchemy 328:In 2013, he was awarded the 151:Institute of Ismaili Studies 1237:University of Oxford portal 766:Al-Ibāḍiyya: A Bibliography 764:Custers, Martin H. (2016). 477:Corpus Alchemicum Arabicum. 442:Corpus Alchemicum Arabicum. 286:Laudian Professor of Arabic 192:on 26 December 1930. After 1352: 987:Madelung, Wilferd (2017). 914:Journal of Islamic Studies 907:Staif, Abdul-Nabi (1994). 490:Farabi International Award 453:, Variorum Reprints, 1985. 399:The Succession to Muhammad 330:Farabi International Award 302:The Succession to Muhammad 296:there from 1978 to 1998. 120:Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung 1229: 1125: 1115: 1005:10.1163/2212943X-00501005 700:364-13 Phil Fak Prom 1372 558:"Madelung, Wilferd @ HPK" 41: 503:List of Islamic scholars 456:Madelung, W. (editor) - 375:Madelung, W. (editor) - 141:. He was appreciated in 1306:Cairo University alumni 943:Oxford University Press 1336:Writers from Stuttgart 244:Madelung received his 129:author and scholar of 1117:Chair established by 282:University of Chicago 254:University of Hamburg 206:Georgetown University 188:Madelung was born in 184:Early life and career 104:University of Hamburg 100:Georgetown University 1208:Geert Jan van Gelder 290:University of Oxford 927:10.1093/jis/5.1.125 686:"Madelung, Wilferd" 202:aeronautic engineer 198:Georg Hans Madelung 1166:Wyndham Knatchbull 739:"Wilferd Madelung" 608:"Wilferd Madelung" 469:Muhammad Ibn Umail 434:Muhammad Ibn Umail 1243: 1242: 1190:Sir Hamilton Gibb 1184:David Margoliouth 1160:Thomas Winstanley 973:978-90-04-45098-1 581:978-90-04-46071-3 294:St John’s College 218:Arabic literature 216:in 1951 to study 117: 116: 16:(Redirected from 1343: 1235: 1220:Tahera Qutbuddin 1202:Wilferd Madelung 1102: 1095: 1088: 1079: 1059: 1058: 1056: 1054: 1039: 1033: 1032: 1029:Brill Publishers 1026: 1024: 984: 978: 977: 964:Brill Publishers 953: 947: 946: 940: 938: 904: 898: 895: 889: 888: 886: 884: 873: 867: 864: 858: 857: 855: 853: 838: 832: 831: 829: 827: 812: 806: 805: 803: 801: 786: 780: 779: 761: 755: 754: 752: 750: 735: 729: 728: 726: 724: 709: 703: 696: 690: 689: 682: 676: 670: 664: 661: 655: 654: 652: 650: 635: 624: 623: 621: 619: 604: 598: 592: 586: 585: 568: 562: 561: 554: 548: 542: 536: 535: 524: 292:and a Fellow of 226:cultural attaché 212:before going to 82: 64:26 December 1930 63: 61: 48:Madelung in 2006 46: 36:Wilferd Madelung 32: 21: 1351: 1350: 1346: 1345: 1344: 1342: 1341: 1340: 1271:German Arabists 1246: 1245: 1244: 1239: 1225: 1121: 1111: 1106: 1068: 1063: 1062: 1052: 1050: 1045:. 3 July 2013. 1041: 1040: 1036: 1022: 1020: 986: 985: 981: 974: 955: 954: 950: 936: 934: 906: 905: 901: 896: 892: 882: 880: 875: 874: 870: 865: 861: 851: 849: 844:. 3 July 2013. 840: 839: 835: 825: 823: 814: 813: 809: 799: 797: 788: 787: 783: 776: 763: 762: 758: 748: 746: 737: 736: 732: 722: 720: 711: 710: 706: 697: 693: 684: 683: 679: 671: 667: 662: 658: 648: 646: 637: 636: 627: 617: 615: 606: 605: 601: 593: 589: 582: 570: 569: 565: 556: 555: 551: 543: 539: 526: 525: 516: 511: 499: 486: 447:Madelung, W. - 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Index

Wilferd

Stuttgart
Georgetown University
University of Hamburg
FBA
German
Islamic history
Islamic
Iranian studies
Iran
Shia
Institute of Ismaili Studies
Twelver
Ismaili
Zaydi
Sunni
Khariji
Mu‘tazili
Stuttgart
World War II
Georg Hans Madelung
aeronautic engineer
Georgetown University
Washington DC
Cairo
Arabic literature
Islamic history
cultural attaché
West German

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