Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli
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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن العباس الصولي) (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and later, al-Rāḍī, whom he also tutored. He was a bibliophile, wrote letters, editor-poet, chronicler, and a shatranj player.[1] His contemporary biographer Isḥāq al-Nadīm tells us he was “of manly bearing.”[2] [3][4][5][6] He wrote many books, the most famous of which are Kitāb Al-Awrāq and Kitāb al-Shiṭranj.
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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūli أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن العباس الصولي | |
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Born | c. 870 |
Died | between 941/948 |
Other names | Abu Bakr, Ibn Yahya, Muhammad |
Occupation | Abbasid courtier |
Years active | 908 – 941 |
Era | Islamic Golden Age (Middle Abbasid era) |
Known for | Court companion of three Abbasid caliphs: al-Muktafi, al-Muqtadir, and al-Radi and tutored of caliph al-Radi |
Notable work | Kitāb Al-Awrāq Kitāb al-Shiṭranj |
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