Ibn al-Muqaffa'

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Ibn al-Muqaffa' was an 8th-century Persian-born writer and translator who became a foundational figure in early Arabic prose, best known for introducing works like Kalila wa Dimna into Arabic literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf convert to Islam ⓘ
court official ⓘ
prose stylist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abdallah ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
birthDate c. 720 ⓘ
birthName Rūzbeh ⓘ
birthPlace Fars ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution ⓘ
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
deathDate c. 756 ⓘ
deathPlace Basra ⓘ
era 8th century ⓘ
early Abbasid period ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Persian ⓘ
executedBy Abbasid authorities ⓘ
father al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
fatherOccupation tax official ⓘ
genre adab ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
political literature ⓘ
influenced Arabic mirror-for-princes literature ⓘ
Arabic prose ⓘ
Islamic political thought ⓘ
languageOfWriting Arabic ⓘ
Middle Persian ⓘ
name Ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
notableFor contributions to adab literature ⓘ
introducing Kalila wa Dimna into Arabic literature ⓘ
shaping early Arabic prose style ⓘ
notableWork Adab al-kabīr ⓘ
Adab al-ṣaghīr ⓘ
linked to: Adab al-kabīr

Kalila wa Dimna ⓘ
Kitāb al-Yatīma ⓘ
Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba ⓘ
occupation scribe ⓘ
secretary ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
styleCharacterizedAs clear ⓘ
concise ⓘ
elegant ⓘ
subjectOf studies in classical Arabic prose ⓘ
translatedFrom Middle Persian ⓘ
translatedInto Arabic ⓘ
workedFor Abbasid governor of Basra ⓘ
Umayyad administration in Iraq ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic literature → hasNotableAuthor → Ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
Khwaday-Namag → usedAsSourceBy → Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Ibn al-Muqaffa' → name → Ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
Ibn al-Muqaffa' → alsoKnownAs → Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Ibn al-Muqaffa' → alsoKnownAs → Abdallah ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Ibn al-Muqaffa' → father → al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Khwadāy-Nāmag → usedAsSourceBy → Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (through Arabic translation traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Rūzbeh → originalNameOf → Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Rūzbeh → alsoKnownAs → Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Kalila wa Dimna → translator → Ibn al-Muqaffa' ⓘ
Kitāb al-Yatīma → author → Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'
Risāla fī al-ṣaḥāba → author → Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Muqaffa'