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Rasulid Hexaglot
The Rasulid Hexaglot is a 14th-century glossary written by or prepared for the Yemeni King Al-Afdal al-Abbas (r. 1363–1377), containing words in six languages: Arabic, Persian language, Persian, Turkic languages, Turkic, Medieval Greek, Greek, Armenian language, Armenian, and Middle Mongol, Mongolian. Although produced in Yemen, the Rasulid Hexaglot in many respect was a product of the Eurasian world that was shaped by the Mongol conquest. The Mongols brought East and West Asia into closer contact which encouraged the study of languages. References Bibliography * Peter_Benjamin_Golden, P. B. Golden, ed., ''The King’s Dictionary: The Rasūlid Hexaglot – Fourteenth Century Vocabularies in Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol'', tr. T. Halasi- Kun, P. B. Golden, Lajos_Ligeti, L. Ligeti, and E. Schütz, HO VIII/4, Leiden, 2000. External links * Multilingual dictionaries Arabic dictionaries Mongolian dictionaries Turkish dictionaries Medieval Greek Persian dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Afdal Al-Abbas
Al-Afdal al-Abbas ( ar, الأفضل العباس; r. 1363–1377) was a ruler of Yemen and a member of the Rasulid dynasty. He was the son and successor of sultan al-Mujahid Ali. He produced a multilingual "dictionary" defining terms in Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian, and Mongolian. He also took measures against extortion by local bureaucrats in the ports of the kingdom, thereby striving to maintain the attraction of Yemen in the eyes of foreign merchants. When he stayed in Aden one winter he was "dealing out measures of justice such are not usual. He gave robes of honour to the ship captains, and abolished many things recently introduced by the collectors of taxes. So the merchants departed recounting his praises and his abundant gifts in all quarters by land and by sea."Robert W. Stookey, ''Yemen: The politics of the Yemen Arab Republic'', 1978, p. 116. At his death in 1377 he was succeeded by his son al-Ashraf Isma'il. See also * History of Yemen The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |