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Encyclopedia > Ali Hamadani

Sayyid ‘Ali Hamadani was a Persian physician who lived before 1546 CE and was from Hamadan. Image File history File links Merge-arrows. ... // Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ... Avicennas tomb in Hamedan Hamadan or Hamedan ( Persian: همدان ) is the capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran. ...


Sayyid Ali Hamdani composed a brief Persian essay on physiognomy titled Risalah-i qiyafah which is preserved in a unique copy now at the United States National Library of Medicine. The essay must have been written before 1546, when the copy was made. Physiognomy (Gk. ... The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the worlds largest medical library. ...


The author is otherwise unknown, and nothing is known of his life.


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Kashmir Affairs - Security & Conflict Analysis of Kashmir (1059 words)
The most outstanding contribution in Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani Aur Kashmir, Tahzeeb-o-Saqafat Kay Tanazur Mein is that it makes an in-depth study of Hamadani’s impact on the Kashmiri language and literature as well as the institutionalization of dissemination of information that led to a strong foundation to the process of transformation of the Kashmiri society.
Known as the founder of Islam in Kashmir, Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani came along with about 1000 of his disciples who dispersed through the length and breadth of the region, laying foundation of an advanced civilization in the region.
It was under the guidance of Sayyid Hamadani that the social and political order of Kashmir was revolutionized and the introduction of new industries and culture went to form the core identity of new Kashmir and its converted inhabitants.
Yemeni Publications Held at the UCLA Library (14299 words)
Majmu‘ buldan al-Yaman wa-qaba’iliha / jama‘ahu Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Hajri al-Yamani ; tahqiq wa-tashih wa-muraja‘at Isma‘il ibn ‘Ali al-Akwa‘.
Bughyat al-mustafid fi tarikh Madinat Zabid / ta’lif ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Dayba‘ ; tahqiq ‘Abd Allah Muhammad al-Habashi.
Hayat al-Imam al-Shawkani : al-musammá Kitab al-tiqsar fi jid zaman ‘allamat al-aqalim wa-al-amsar Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Shawkani / ta’lif Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Nasir al-Shijni al-Himyari al-Dhamari ; haqqaqahu wa-‘allaqa ‘alayhi Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Akwa‘ al-Hawalli.
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