General Introduction
by Basil Dragonstrike
I have, for some time now, gathered lists of names from various
Arabic works, such as The Travels of
Ibn Baṭūṭṭa, the Diary of
Ibn al-Bannāʼ, An
Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades:
Memoirs of Usāmah Ibn-Munqidh,, The Travels of
Ibn Jubayr, and a random selection from The Encyclopaedia
of Islam, Second Edition. Thanks to the good folks at The
Academy of St. Gabriel, I have been able to publish those lists
online.
Lists of names aren't the only things I've written. I've written
articles relating to amateur onomastics and Arabic names. I've
collected them here, and this page has the links to those articles.
NB: I'm constantly writing more articles (as well as collecting more
names), so this page will change from time to time.
Arabic
for Onomasts: Some Notes -- A collection of notes and
information I've picked up in the last dozen-plus years, written to
help amateur onomasts with an interest in Arabic names.
Al-Maʻrūf
Bi-: "Known As" in Arabic Names -- An article on "alias names"
(what the SCA calls "dictus names") in Arabic names.
Titular
Names -- An article on "Titular Names"; i.e., names of the
form _____ al-Dīn, _____ al-Daula, etc., showing they are not, as
often imagined, solely the gift of khalīfas, sulṭāns, and such.
Arabic Name Formation Patterns from Various Sources -- All the
formations of Arabic Names I've been able to find.
Kunyas
for the Childless -- An article on kunyas used by
people who did not, in fact, have a child. This is separate from the
issue of "metaphorical kunyas".
Double Locative Bynames in Arabic -- An article on people
known as "from" more than one place, with notes on the various
formations used for double locatives.
Multi-piece Nasabs -- An article on those persons whose
string of nasabs includes a predecessor or predecessors
known by more than one name element.
Curious Names: Saʻd and Saʻīd -- An article on the names
Saʻd and Saʻīd and how they are related.
More will be coming, over and over.