Balami, Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Muhammad

Born in Merv. Year of birth unknown; died in 974 or 996. Persian-Tadzhik writer, vizier.

Balami was the author of the oldest prose work in Dari— Tabari’s History (written in 963)—which was a treatment of the well-known history of al-Tabari. Balami added to it a description of many episodes from the life of Iranian peoples, a heroic epos and early subjects that existed until the tenth century, and numerous legends and stories (the dastan Bahram Chubiri).

WORKS

Tarikhe Tabari. Kanpur 1896. (A translation into Farsi of al-Tabari’s works [lithographed edition].)

REFERENCES

Gafurov, B. G. Istoriia tadzhikskogo naroda,3rd ed., vol. 1. Moscow, 1955.
Braginskii, I. S. Ocherki iz istorii tadzhikskoi literatury. Stalinabad, 1956.
Griaznevich, P. A., and A. N. Boldyrev. “O dvukh redaktsiiakh Ta’rikh-i Tabari Balami.” Sovetskoe vostokovedenie,1957, no. 3.

单词	balami, abu ali muhammad ibn muhammad
释义	Balami, Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Muhammad Balami, Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Muhammad Born in Merv. Year of birth unknown; died in 974 or 996. Persian-Tadzhik writer, vizier. Balami was the author of the oldest prose work in Dari— Tabari’s History (written in 963)—which was a treatment of the well-known history of al-Tabari. Balami added to it a description of many episodes from the life of Iranian peoples, a heroic epos and early subjects that existed until the tenth century, and numerous legends and stories (the dastan Bahram Chubiri). WORKS Tarikhe Tabari. Kanpur 1896. (A translation into Farsi of al-Tabari’s works [lithographed edition].) REFERENCES Gafurov, B. G. Istoriia tadzhikskogo naroda,3rd ed., vol. 1. Moscow, 1955. Braginskii, I. S. Ocherki iz istorii tadzhikskoi literatury. Stalinabad, 1956. Griaznevich, P. A., and A. N. Boldyrev. “O dvukh redaktsiiakh Ta’rikh-i Tabari Balami.” Sovetskoe vostokovedenie,1957, no. 3.
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