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Abu-Muhammad Abd-Allah Ruzbeh ibn Daduya/Dadoe , mostly known as Ibn al-Muqaffa? (Arabic: ??? ?????? - Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
: ??? ????) or Ruzbeh pur-e Daduya , was an 8th-century (d. c. 756) Persian
Persian people

Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient Indo-Iranians , who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000-1500 BCE....
 thinker and Arabic language
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 author and translator, and a Zoroastrian convert to Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
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Ibn al-Muqaffa's translation of the Kalila wa Dimna
Panchatantra

The Panchatantra or Tantrakhyayika also known in other cultures as Kalileh o Demneh or Anvar-e Soheyli or Kalilag and Damnag or Kalilah wa Dimnah or Kalila and Dimna or The Fables of Bidpai or The Morall Philosophie of Doni was originally a canon...
 from Middle Persian
Middle Persian

Middle Persian is the Iranian languages language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well....
 "is considered the first master­piece of Arabic literary prose
Arabic literature

Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers of the Arabic language. It does not usually include works written using the Arabic alphabet but not in the Arabic language such as Persian literature and Urdu literature....
." "Ibn al-Muqaffa' was a pioneer in the introduction of literary prose narrative to Arabic literature
Arabic literature

Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers of the Arabic language. It does not usually include works written using the Arabic alphabet but not in the Arabic language such as Persian literature and Urdu literature....
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Abu-Muhammad Abd-Allah Ruzbeh ibn Daduya/Dadoe , mostly known as Ibn al-Muqaffa? (Arabic: ??? ?????? - Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
: ??? ????) or Ruzbeh pur-e Daduya , was an 8th-century (d. c. 756) Persian
Persian people

Persian identity, at least in terms of language, is traced to the ancient Indo-Iranians , who arrived in parts of Greater Iran circa 2000-1500 BCE....
 thinker and Arabic language
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 author and translator, and a Zoroastrian convert to Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
.

Ibn al-Muqaffa's translation of the Kalila wa Dimna
Panchatantra

The Panchatantra or Tantrakhyayika also known in other cultures as Kalileh o Demneh or Anvar-e Soheyli or Kalilag and Damnag or Kalilah wa Dimnah or Kalila and Dimna or The Fables of Bidpai or The Morall Philosophie of Doni was originally a canon...
 from Middle Persian
Middle Persian

Middle Persian is the Iranian languages language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well....
 "is considered the first master­piece of Arabic literary prose
Arabic literature

Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers of the Arabic language. It does not usually include works written using the Arabic alphabet but not in the Arabic language such as Persian literature and Urdu literature....
." "Ibn al-Muqaffa' was a pioneer in the introduction of literary prose narrative to Arabic literature
Arabic literature

Arabic literature is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by writers of the Arabic language. It does not usually include works written using the Arabic alphabet but not in the Arabic language such as Persian literature and Urdu literature....
. He paved the way for later innovators such as al-Hamadani and al-Saraqusti, who brought literary fiction to Arabic literature by adapting traditionally accepted modes of oral narrative transmission into literary prose." Ibn al-Muqaffa was also an accomplished scholar of Middle Persian
Middle Persian

Middle Persian is the Iranian languages language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well....
, and was the author of several moral fables.

Ibn al-Muqaffa, though a resident of Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
, was originally from the town of Jur (or Gur) in the Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
ian province of Fars
Fars Province

Fars is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. It is in the south of the country and its center is Shiraz, Iran. It has an area of 122,400 km?....
. His father had been a state official in charge of taxes under the Umayyads, and after being accused and convicted of embezzling some of the money entrusted to him, was punished by the ruler by having his hand crushed, hence the name Muqaffa (shrivelled hand).

As stated by a number of historians, Ibn al-Muqaffa was murdered around 756 by the order of the second Abbasid
Abbasid

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 caliph Abu Ja`far al-Mansur
Al-Mansur

Al-Mansur, Almanzor or Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur was the second Abbasid Caliph. He was born at al-Humaymah, the home of the 'Abbasid family after their emigration from the Hejaz in 687?688....
 reportedly for heresy, in particular for attempting to import Zoroastrian
Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster, after whom the religion is named. The term Zoroastrianism is in general usage, essentially synonymous with Mazdaism, i.e., the worship of Ahura Mazda, exalted by Zoroaster as the supreme divine authority....
 ideas into Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
. There is evidence, though, that his murder may have been prompted by the caliph's resentment at the terms and language that Ibn al-Muqaffa had used in drawing up a guarantee of safe passage for the caliph's rebellious uncle, Abdullah b. Ali; the caliph found that document profoundly disrespectful to himself, and it is believed Ibn al-Muqaffa paid with his life for the affront to al-Mansur.

Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa should not be confused with Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa
Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa

Severus ibn al-Muqaffa? or Severus of El Ashmunein was a Copts Bishop, author and historian. In Arabic language, his name is spelled Sawirus ??????....
, an Egypt
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ian Copt
Copt

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ic historian.

See also

  • Al-Adab al-Kabir
    Al-Adab al-Kabir

    Al-Adab al-Kabir is an Arabic language book by Abd-Allah Ibn al-Muqaffa?, written about Persian manners and court etiquette. Some researchers believe that the content of this book is based on Avesta?s moral precepts....


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