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Al-Farabi's full name is محمد بن محمد بن طرخان بن أوزلغ |
Al-Farabi's full name is ''' محمد بن محمد بن طرخان بن أوزلغ الفارابی''' (Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Tarkhan bin Ozalagh al-Farabi)<ref>Corbin, Henry; Hossein Nasr and Utman Yahya (2001). History of Islamic Philosophy. Kegan Paul. ISBN 978-0710304162.</ref> and it is can be find out that his grand fathers had [[turkic]]<ref>Divan-i Lughat-it Turk, Mahmood Al Kashghari</ref> names: Tarkhan and Ozalagh, and 1200 years ago naming of nonturks whit turkic names have not been reported<ref>Divan-i Lughat-it Turk, Mahmood Al Kashghari</ref>. The medieval historian [[Ibn Khallekān]], claimed that Farabi was born in the small village of Wasij near Farab,[[Turkistan]] (in what is now [[Otrar]], [[Kazakhstan]]) of Turkic parents, and in the following decades and centuries almost all of writers and researchers emphasized this fact. But in some references such as [[Ibn Abi Usaibia]]'s book his [[persian]]<ref>Ebn Abi Osaybea, Oyun al-anba fi tabaqat at-atebba, ed. A. Müller, Cairo, 1299/1882. </ref>origin believed, and it is can be sayed that, this might come from a mistake or not knowing of Tarkhan and Ozalagh names origin is belonging to [[turk]]s and [[turkic culture]]. |
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Revision as of 20:00, 13 December 2009
Al-Farabi's full name is محمد بن محمد بن طرخان بن أوزلغ الفارابی (Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Tarkhan bin Ozalagh al-Farabi)[1] and it is can be find out that his grand fathers had turkic[2] names: Tarkhan and Ozalagh, and 1200 years ago naming of nonturks whit turkic names have not been reported[3]. The medieval historian Ibn Khallekān, claimed that Farabi was born in the small village of Wasij near Farab,Turkistan (in what is now Otrar, Kazakhstan) of Turkic parents, and in the following decades and centuries almost all of writers and researchers emphasized this fact. But in some references such as Ibn Abi Usaibia's book his persian[4]origin believed, and it is can be sayed that, this might come from a mistake or not knowing of Tarkhan and Ozalagh names origin is belonging to turks and turkic culture.