Fuat Sezgin

Fuat Sezgin ( born October 24, 1924 in Bitlis ) is a Turkish orientalist. The author and editor of numerous scientific works, Professor Emeritus of History of Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main as well as the founder and first director of the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science, pioneered the study of Islamic science culture in Arabic language. With its history of Arabic literature, he has created an international reputation genießendes standard work.

Life and work

Sezgin studied from 1943 to 1951 at the University of Istanbul Islamic Studies and Arabic, among others, at the teaching there German Islam scholar Hellmut Ritter (1892 - 1971). Sezgins Turkish-speaking doctoral thesis Buhari'nin kaynakları on the sources of al -Bukhari ( 810-870 ), of the editor of a respected Hadith collection of legally binding traditions of the Prophet Mohammed, showed that al -Bukhari relies on a chain of written sources that are developed in early Islam, ie to the 7th century, date back.

In 1961, Sezgin to Germany, where he first taught as a visiting lecturer at the University of Frankfurt. Here was the history of science in the Arab- Islamic culture to the focus of his scientific work and to the subject for which he habilitated in 1965. He also dealt with the history of the Arab -Islamic literature since the 14th century. 1967, the first volume appeared in his history of the Arab writing about the historical and religious literature. Further volumes of the standard work appeared in quick succession, in 1970 the band about the medical sciences, chemistry and alchemy in 1971, 1974 Mathematics, as a consequence the other mathematical sciences (astronomy, astrology) until 1979. 1982 to 2000, he completed his work with the three recent volumes from about poetry, grammar, lexicography, geography and cartography.

Sezgin in 1978 became the first winner of the award for Islamic Studies, King Faisal Foundation of Saudi Arabia. He made these and other awards for foundation of a foundation by which it 1982, the Institute for the History of Arabic - Islamic Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University founded and directs up to today. The aim of the Institute is to make known the position of the Arab- Islamic culture in the history of science. In addition to various publication projects exist a collection of ancient technical and scientific instruments and equipment. By processing and reproduction of out primary sources and replicas of the devices research should be facilitated. The instruments are on display in a museum institution.

In 2001 he received the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2009, he should be honored for his contribution to the dialogue of religions, together with Salomon Korn with the Hessian Culture Award. Sezgin rejected the assumption that grain " Israel's war in Gaza justified " and he therefore did not wish to be recognized together with grain.

Fuat Sezgin is the orientalist Sezginverheiratet Ursula, with whom he lives near Frankfurt. Their daughter Hilal Sezgin is a writer and journalist and is involved in founded in 2010, Liberal Islamic Federation.

Awards

  • King Faisal Prize for Islamic Studies (1979 )
  • Goethe Medal of the City of Frankfurt am Main ( 1980)
  • Federal Cross of Merit 1st class of the Federal Republic of Germany (1982 )
  • Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2001)

Memberships

  • Academy of the Arabic Language ( Cairo )
  • Academy of the Arabic Language ( Damascus )
  • Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco (Rabat )
  • Iraqi Academy of the Arabic Language ( Baghdad )

Publications

  • Fuat Sezgin, history of Arabic literature. Vol 1, Leiden 1967: Qur'ânwissenschaften, hadith, history, Fiqh, dogmatism, mysticism through about 430 H. (ISBN 90-04-02007-1 )
  • Vol 2, Leiden 1975: Poetry to approximately 430 H. (ISBN 90-04-04376-4 )
  • Vol 3, Leiden 1970: medicine, pharmacy, zoology, veterinary science to about 430 H.
  • Vol 4, Leiden 1971: alchemy, chemistry, botany, agriculture until about 430 H. (ISBN 3-8298-0070-3 )
  • Vol 5, Leiden 1974: Mathematics up to 430 H.
  • Vol 6, Leiden 1978: astronomy to approximately 430 H. (ISBN 90-04-05878-8 )
  • Vol 7, Leiden 1979: Astrology, Meteorology and Related to approximately 430 H. (ISBN 90-04-06159-2 )
  • Vol 8, Leiden 1982: lexicography to approximately 430 H. (ISBN 90-04-06867-8 )
  • Vol 9, Leiden 1984: Grammar to approximately 430 H. (ISBN 90-04-07261-6 )
  • Vol 10, Frankfurt 2000: Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and her continued life in the West, historical representation, Part 1 (ISBN 3-8298-0056-8 )
  • Vol 11, Frankfurt 2000: Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and her continued life in the West, historical representation, Part 2 (ISBN 3-8298-0057-6 )
  • Vol 12, Frankfurt 2000: Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and her continued life in the West, maps band. (ISBN 3-8298-0058-4 )
  • Vol 13, Frankfurt 2007: Mathematical Geography and Cartography in Islam and her continued life in the West. (ISBN 3-8298-0086- X)
  • Vol 14, Frankfurt 2010: Human Geography. Part 1: General and country geography. Urban and regional geography. (ISBN 978-3-8298-0087-7 )
  • Vol 15, Frankfurt 2010: Human Geography. Part 2: Topography - Geographical dictionaries. Cosmography - cosmology. Travel Reports. (ISBN 978-3-8298-0088-4 )

Furthermore, (selection):

Muhammad al-Bukhari Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Integrated Authority File
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