Asukaranee - Asukaranee

Japanese: アスカラーニー - あすからーにー
Asukaranee - Asukaranee

…Arab historian of the Mamluk period. Born in Cairo, he studied folklore and history under the contemporary writer Asqalani (1372-1449), then traveled to Syria from Mecca and Medina to study. After returning to Japan, he left behind a vast body of work under the patronage of Yashbak, a high-ranking Mamluk (military slave). His main works include “Made Gold,” which supplements the chronicles of Maqlizi, “Shining Light,” a vast dictionary of contemporary biographies, and “Book of Condemnation of Historians,” which severely criticized religious studies. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Askarani" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…マムルーク朝時代のアラブの歴史家。カイロに生まれ,当代の文人アスカラーニー‘Asqalānī(1372‐1449)について伝承学や歴史学を修めた後,メッカ,メディナからシリアに遊学,帰国後はマムルーク(奴隷軍人)の高官ヤシュバクの庇護を得て膨大な著作を残した。主著はマクリージーの年代記を補塡した《鋳造された黄金》,浩瀚(こうかん)な同時代の人名辞典《輝く光》,ほかに宗教諸学を厳しく批判した《歴史家批難弾劾の書》がある。…

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