Crown

…He became embroiled in political struggles in his later years and died in prison in Sana'a. His representative works include the geography works "Characteristics of the Arabian Peninsula" and "The Crown of Iklīl." The latter in particular is an encyclopedic work that is indispensable for understanding the history, genealogy, topography, and literature of the southern Arab tribes, which are less well-documented than those of the northern Arab tribes in Arab history. Originally a large work consisting of ten volumes, only four remain, and of these, the eighth volume, which describes the forts of Yemen, is the most famous.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…晩年政争に巻き込まれサヌアで獄死した。代表的著作に地理書《アラビア半島の特徴》および《王冠Iklīl》がある。とくに後者はアラブ史上北アラブに比し文献の少ない南アラブ部族の歴史，系図，地誌，文学を知るうえで欠くことのできない百科全書的著作で，もと全10巻に及ぶ大著であったが，うち4巻のみ残存し，このうちイエメンの城砦を記した第8巻が著名である。…

※「《王冠》」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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