Английская Википедия:Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: Шаблон:Lang) (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and later, al-Rāḍī, whom he also tutored. He was a bibliophile, wrote letters, editor-poet, chronicler, and a shatranj player.Шаблон:Sfn His contemporary biographer Isḥāq al-Nadīm tells us he was “of manly bearing.”Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He wrote many books, the most famous of which are Kitāb Al-Awrāq and Kitāb al-Shiṭranj.
Life
Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī was born into an illustrious family of Turkic origin, his great-grandfather was the Turkic prince Sul-takin and his uncle was the poet Ibrahim ibn al-'Abbas as-Suli.[1] Al-Marzubānī, a principal pupil of al-Ṣūlī, who admired him and copied him in the art of compilation, borrowed much of al-Ṣūlī's material for his Kitāb al-Muwashshaḥ. Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī made extensive use of his material in his Kitāb al-Aghānī.Шаблон:Sfn On Caliph al-Rāḍī's death in 940, al-Ṣūlī fell into disfavour with the new ruler due to his Shi'a sympathies and he died hiding at al-Baṣrah,Шаблон:Sfn for having quoted a passage about ‘Alī , which caused a public scandal. Шаблон:Sfn
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Al-Ṣūlī was among a group of tenth-century chess players who wrote books about the game of shaṭranj, i.e. “chess”. Шаблон:RefnШаблон:Sfn
Al-Ṣūlī's books were:
- Kitāb al-Shiṭranj al-Nisḥa al-Awala (Шаблон:Lang) ‘Chess, the first manuscript’;
- Kitāb al-Shiṭranj al-Nisḥa ath-Thānīa (Шаблон:Lang) Chess, the second manuscript; Book on chess strategy, common chess openings, standard problems in middle game, annotated end games and the first known description of the knight's tour problem.
Sometime between 902 and 908 al-Ṣūlī played and beat the reigning shaṭranj champion, al-Mawardī, at the court of Caliph al-Muktafī, and the Caliph of Baghdad. Al-Mawardī's loss of royal favour was al-Ṣūlī's gain. When al-Muktafī's died, al-Ṣūlī retained the favour of the succeeding rulers, Caliph al-Muqtadir and in turn Caliph al-Radi. His biographer Ibn Khallikan, (d. 1282), relates that even in his lifetime the phrase "to play like al-Ṣūlī" was to show great skill at shaṭranj. His endgame strategies are still studied. Contemporary biographer mention his skill in blindfold chess. Al-Ṣūlī also taught shaṭranj. Many later European writersШаблон:Who based their work on modern chess on al-Suli's work.
Other Chess players/authors in the GroupШаблон:Sfn
- Al-‘Adlī (Шаблон:Lang) wrote:
Шаблон:SndKitāb al-Shiṭranj (Шаблон:Lang) ‘Chess’, the first book on chess,Шаблон:Refn and; Шаблон:SndAl-Nard, wa Isbābha wa-al-La’ab bīha (Шаблон:Lang). 'Al-Nard Its Elements and Play'.Шаблон:Refn
- Al-Rāzī (Шаблон:Lang) was a chess rival of al-‘Adlī and the caliph Al-Mutawakkil attended their matches. He wrote:
Шаблон:SndKitāb latīf fī al- Shiṭranj (Шаблон:Lang) ‘A Delightful Book about Chess.’
- Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn ‘Ubayd Allāh al-Lajlāj ("the stammerer") (Шаблон:Lang), whom Isḥāq al-Nadīm had met, was his best known pupil. He excelled at chess at the Būyid court of king ‘Aḍud al-Dawlah in Shīrāz, where he died sometime after 970/71 [360 AH]. He wrote:
Шаблон:SndManṣūbāt al-Shiṭranj (Шаблон:Lang) ‘The Stratagems of Chess.’
- Ibn al-Uqlīdasī Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ, one of the most skilful chess players, who wrote A Collection of the Stratagems of Chess.Шаблон:Sfn
Al-Suli's Diamond
Al-Ṣūlī's shaṭranj problem, called "Al-Ṣūlī's Diamond", went unsolved for over a thousand years.[2] As this is shaṭranj, the "queen" (counsellor) is a very weak piece, able to move only a single square diagonally. It is possible to win in shaṭranj by capturing all pieces except the king, unless the opponent is able to do the same on the next move.
David Hooper and Ken Whyld studied this problem in the mid-1980s but were unable to crack it. It was finally solved by Russian Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh.[3][4] The solution, starting with 1. Kb4, is given in Hans Ree's "The Human Comedy of Chess", and on the web.[5][6]
Works
Kitāb Al-Awrāq
- Kitāb Al-Awrāq (Шаблон:Lang) ‘Leaves’ or ‘Folios’; unfinished work on the traditions of the caliphs and the poets; the poems and chronicles of the sons of the caliphs, from al-Saffāḥ to Ibn al-Mu‘tazz (750 -908) and poems of other members of the Banū al-‘Abbās who were neither caliphs nor sons of caliphs in rank. This included the poetry of ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Alī (Шаблон:Lang), the poetry of Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ismā’īl ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ‘Īsā ibn al-Manṣūr (Шаблон:Lang), the poems of members of the family of Abū Ṭālib the descendants of al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, the descendants of al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī, the descendants of ‘Umar ibn ‘Alī, and the descendants of Ja‘far ibn Abī Ṭālib;Шаблон:Refn poems of the descendants of al-Ḥārith ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib; traditions about, and selected poems by, Ibn Harmah; traditions about al-Sayyid al-Ḥimyarī (Шаблон:Lang),Шаблон:Refn with a selection of his poetry; traditions about, and selected poems by, Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf (Шаблон:Lang); traditions about SudayfШаблон:Refn with a selection of his poetry. Ishaq al-Nadīm speculates that al-Ṣūlī plagiarized al-Marthadī's book on poetry and the poets, as he had seen a copy of his book that had come from al-Ṣūlī's library.
- Kitāb Al-Awrāq published in three parts (1934-6, London):Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Sndi) Kitāb al-Awrāķ (Section on Contemporary Poets): contains anthologies of poets of the Muḥadathūn (modern poets) and their diwans. Al-Ṣūlī was interested in the lesser known poets. Al-Mas'ūdī highly esteemed him for his unique recording of people and events. Of the fourteen poets al-Ṣūlī cites, Abān ibn ‘Abdal-Ḥamīd al-Lāḥiķī and Ashja ibn ‘Amr al-Sulamī are the best known. Part of Abān's versification of the Kalīla wa Dimna written for Yaḥyā ibn Khālid al-Barmakī is preserved and published in the edited Arabic edition by James Heyworth-Dunne (1934).Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Sndii) Akhbar al-Rāḍī wa'l-Muttaqī; chronicle covering a thirteen-year period of the reigns of the caliphs al-RāḍīШаблон:Emdashwhom al-Ṣūlī had tutored and been a close companion ofШаблон:Emdashand al-Muttaqī. It contains many fresh details of their reigns and the literary activities of the court.Шаблон:Sfn Although less famous than the histories of al-Mas'ūdī and Miskawayh, al-Ṣūlī's is an eyewitness-account of the transition to Buyid rule. The position of amir al-umara was created in 936 during al-Radi's caliphate, which devolved some caliphal executive powers to amirs (princes). The Buyid amirs later exerted these powers to establish their independent dynasty within the Caliphate and the Abbāsid's never regained their full power. However, al-Ṣūlī's account makes clear the limits of the devolved powers to the amirs.
Шаблон:Sndiii) Ash’ār Awlād al-Khulafā’ wa-Akhbāruhum; chronicle of the House of al-'Abbās who were poets.Шаблон:Sfn
Other WorksШаблон:Sfn
- Kitāb al-Wazrā (Шаблон:Lang) The Viziers;
- Kitāb al-'Abādah (Шаблон:Lang) Worship;
- Kitāb Adb al-Kātib 'alā al-Haqīqa (Шаблон:Lang) Training of the Secretary, according to Standard;Шаблон:Refn
- Kitāb tafdhīl al-Sinān (Шаблон:Lang) ‘Superiority of the Aged,’ written for ‘Alī ibn al-Furāt Шаблон:Sfn (855 – 924) surnamed Abū al-Ḥasan; Шаблон:Refn
- Kitāb al-Shāb (Шаблон:Lang) Youths; Шаблон:Refn
- Kitāb al-Anwā’ (Шаблон:Lang) Varieties (unfinished);
- Kitāb suwāl wa-jawāb Ramaḍān li Ibn al-Munajjim (Шаблон:Lang) Questions about Answers of Ramaḍān of Ibn al-Munajjim; Шаблон:Refn
- Kitāb Ramaḍān (Шаблон:Lang) Ramaḍān;Шаблон:Refn
- Kitāb al-Shāmal fī ‘Alam al-Qur’ān (Шаблон:Lang) The Compendium, about knowledge of the Qur’ān (unfinished),Шаблон:Refn
- Kitāb Munāqub ‘alā ibn al-Furāt (Шаблон:Lang) The Virtues of ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Furāt;
- Kitāb akhbār Abū Tammām (Шаблон:Lang) Traditions about Abū Tammām;
- Kitāb akhbār al-Jubbā’ī Abū Sa’īd (Шаблон:Lang) Traditions about al-Jubbā’ī Abū Sa’īd;
- Kitāb al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf (Шаблон:Lang) Al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf and selected poems;
- Epistle of Al-‘Abbās ibn Aḥnaf about collecting taxes; Шаблон:Refn
- Kitāb akhbār Abā ‘Amru Ibn al-‘Alā’ (Шаблон:Lang) Traditions about Abū ‘Amr ibn al-‘Alā’;
- Kitāb Al-Gharar (Шаблон:Lang) Al-GhararШаблон:Refn
Dīwāns of Contemporary Poets edited by al-Ṣūlī Шаблон:RefnШаблон:Sfn
- Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-ṢanawbarīШаблон:RefnШаблон:Sfn
- Ibn al-Rūmī (Шаблон:Lang); Ibn al-Rūmī Alī ibn al-Abbās grandson of George the Greek popular poet of Baghdād.
- Abū Tammām (Шаблон:Lang);
- al-Buḥturī (Шаблон:Lang);
- Abū Nuwās (Шаблон:Lang);
- Al-‘Abbās ibn al-Aḥnaf (Шаблон:Lang);
- ‘Alī ibn al-Jahm (Шаблон:Lang);
- Ibn Ṭabāṭabā (Шаблон:Lang);
- Ibrāhīm ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Шаблон:Lang);
- Sufyān ibn ‘Uyaynah (Шаблон:Lang);
- Sawwār ibn Abī Sharā‘ah (Шаблон:Lang);Шаблон:Refn
Legacy
Others who made use of content from al-Ṣūlī’s works:Шаблон:Sfn
- Al-Marzubānī, his principal student who adopted his compilation technique, and frequently cites him in his Kitāb al-Muwashshaḥ.
- Abū al-Faraj al-Iṣbahānī in his Kitāb al-Aghānī
- Al-Mas'ūdī
- Hilāl al-Ṣābī
- Arīb ibn Sa’d al-Qurṭubī
- Abū Hilāl al-‘Askarī
- Miskawaihī
- ‘Alī ibn Ẓāfir al-Azdī
- Ibn Ṭiqṭaqā
- Al-Suyūṭī
See also
Notes
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