Nihāya al-arab (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Nihāya al-arab》(英語表記)Nihayaalarab
Nihāya al-arab (English spelling)

…The representatives of this group are the three great Egyptian encyclopedists: Nuwayri, Umari, and Kalkashandī. Nuwayri, who served as the head of the military affairs and the auditing office under the Mamluk sultan Nasir (reigned 1293-94, 1299-1309, 1310-41), spent the last twenty years of his life completing Nihāya al-arab (The Ultimate Aim), a 31-volume work that synthesizes knowledge for scribes. The whole work is divided into five sciences (fann): Geography, Man, Animals, Plants, and History, and each science is divided into smaller chapters. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Nihāya al-arab" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その代表が,エジプトの三大百科事典家といわれるヌワイリー,ウマリー,カルカシャンディーである。 マムルーク朝のスルタン,ナーシル(在位1293‐94,1299‐1309,1310‐41)の下で軍務庁や監査庁の長官を歴任したヌワイリーは,晩年の二十数年を費やして書記のための知識を総合した《窮極の目的Nihāya al‐arab》31巻を完成した。全体は〈地誌〉〈人間〉〈動物〉〈植物〉〈歴史〉の五つの学芸(ファンヌfann)からなり,それぞれの学芸はさらに細かな章節に分かれている。…

※「《Nihāya al-arab》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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