Qudamah Ibn Jafar, Abu Al-Faraj
Qudamah Ibn Jafar, Abu Al-Faraj
Years of birth and death unkown. Arab philologist and geographer.
Qudamah wrote The Book of the Kharaj and the Art of the Secretary, probably around A.D. 928/929, of which the second volume is extant. It is an important source for the study of the countries of the Arab Caliphate, their geography, history, and literature.
REFERENCES
Krachkovskii, I. Iu. Izbr. soch., vols. 2 and 4. Moscow-Leningrad, 1956–57. (See indexes.)Slane, M. “Notice sur Codama et ses écrits.” Journal Asiatique, 1862, series 5, vol. 20.