Martin Lings (1909–2005)
Auteur van Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
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Martin Lings was born in Lancashire in 1909. After a classical education he read English at Oxford where he was a pupil and later a close friend of C. S. Lewis. In 1935 he went to Lithuania where he lectured on Anglo-Saxon and Middle English and subsequently he went to Egypt and and lectured mainly toon meer on Shakespeare at Cairo University. In 1952 he returned to England and took a degree in Arabic and in 1955 he joined the staff of the British Museum where from 1970-73 he was Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts. For the following year he held the same post in the newly founded British Library. In addition to writing many books, as well as articles for Studies in Comparative Religion, Sophia, The New Encyclopaedia of Islam and the Encyclopaedia Britannica toon minder
Werken van Martin Lings
The Underlying Religion: An Introduction to the Perennial Philosophy (2007) — Redacteur — 40 exemplaren
Shakespeare's Window into the Soul: The Mystical Wisdom in Shakespeare's Characters (2006) 28 exemplaren
The Eleventh Hour: The Spiritual Crisis of the Modern World in the Light of Tradition and Prophecy (1987) 27 exemplaren
The Elements and Other Poems 3 exemplaren
Un santo sufí del siglo XX el Sayj Ahmad Al-ʿAlawî : su herencia y su legado e spirituales (2001) 3 exemplaren
Islamic liturgy; song and dance at a meeting of dervishes. [sound recording] (1960) — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
Antik İnançlar Modern Hurafeler 1 exemplaar
The Eleventh Hour 1 exemplaar
Un santo sufí del siglo XX El Sayj Ahmad Al-Alawi : su herencia y su legado espirituales (1982) 1 exemplaar
CFARE ESHTE SUFIZMI 1 exemplaar
Onbirinci Saat 1 exemplaar
Yirminci Yüzyılda Bir Veli 1 exemplaar
The Heralds and other poems 1 exemplaar
Martin Lings 1 exemplaar
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Sufis of Andalusia: The Ruh Al-Quds & Al-Durrat Al-Fakhirah (1971) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 32 exemplaren
The Unanimous tradition : essays on the essential unity of all religions (1991) — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din
- Geboortedatum
- 1909-01-24
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2005-05-12
- Graflocatie
- Westerham, Kent, England
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Burnage, Manchester, England
- Woonplaatsen
- USA
Clifton, Bristol, England, UK
Lithuania
Cairo, Egypt
Westerham, Kent, England - Opleiding
- Oxford University (Magdalen College) (B.A.) (English Language and Literature)
School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London (B.A.) (Arabic)
School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London (Ph.D.) - Beroepen
- writer
author
Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts
lecturer in Anglo-Saxon and Middle English
English language teacher - Relaties
- Lewis, C. S. (tutor)
Schuon, Frithjof (mentor) - Organisaties
- British Museum
British Library
Perennialist School
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas
University of Cairo - Korte biografie
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This is the first paperback edition of this important work, which sold 7,500 copies in the cloth edition. The Muslim population of the U.S. is on a strong growth curve. It is estimated that there are now between 4 and 7 million Muslims in the U.S.This is the definitive, objective biography of the Prophet, drawn from primary Arabic sources of the 8th and 9th centuries, and includes passages never before translated. It owes its freshness and directness of approach to the words of the men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life.… (meer)