| LC control no. | no2023054805 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Simʻān ibn Kalīl ibn Maqārah ibn Abī al-Faraj, approximately 1150-approximately 1240 |
| Variant(s) | سمعان بن كليل بن مقارة بن أبي الفرج Shaykh al-Makīn, approximately 1150-approximately 1240 Simʻān, al-jadīd, approximately 1150-approximately 1240 سمعان الجديد Simʻān, al-ḥabīs, approximately 1150-approximately 1240 Simon ibn Kalīl ibn Makarius, approximately 1150-approximately 1240 |
| Biography/History note | Simʻān ibn Kalīl ibn Maqārah ibn Abī al-Faraj (approximately 1150-approximately 1240) was a monk and author of ascetic literature, who retired from life as a military financial administrator. |
| Associated country | Egypt |
| Birth date | 1150~ |
| Death date | 1240~ |
| Special note | Data contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | BALA 00117 (online via HMML), viewed on May 16, 2023 (القديس سمعان الجديد=al-Qiddīs Simʻān al-jadīd; author of روضة الفريد وسلوة الوحيد=Rawḍat al-farīd wa-salwat al-waḥīd; ascetic treatise; manuscript text in Arabic) <https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/137693> Graf, Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur, 1947: vol. 2, p. 336-337 (Simon ibn Kalīl ibn Maqāra (Makarius) ibn abi ʼl-Faraǧ; known for his contributions to ascetic literature; entered civil service of Saladin (1171-1193) in 569 AH (1173 CE) as secretary of the army, but after 3 years he renounced this prestigious position and became a monk (Kloster des hl. Johannes des Kleinen), where he lived and wrote for 30 years; died after 1206) Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History, 2012: vol. 4, p. 199-201 (Simʻān ibn Kalīl; Simʻān ibn Kalīl ibn Maqāra ibn Abī l-Faraj; al-Shaykh al-Makīn (as a bureaucrat); Simʻān al-ḥabīs (as a monk and recluse); born ca. 1150 in Bashū or Shū (maybe in the Nile Delta); died ca. 1240 in Monastery of St. John the Short, Wādī l-Naṭrūn, Egypt; finanical administrator employed in the Bureau of the Army under Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Ayyūbī; but he retired to the monastery of Monastery of St. John the Short as a recluse and spent more than 30 years as a monk; long career in government service, became a monk after 1200, probably died at an advanced age, ca. 1240) |
| Associated language | ara |
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