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'''Abd al-Azrad''' (700? AD-738 AD) was an [[Arabic]] scholar, [[astronomer]], and poet.  Born in Sanaa, [[Yemen]], al-Azrad travelled to Babylon, Egypt, and the Arabian desert.  His master work, an encyclopedia called ''Kitab Al-Azif'', has been lost.
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'''Abd al-Azrad''' (700? AD-738 AD), also known as Abdul Alhazred, was a creation of the weird-fiction author [[Howard Philips Lovecraft]].  Lovecraft named al-Azrad as the author of the ''Kitab Al-Azif'', the Arabic translation of the equally fictional ''Necronomicon'', in Lovecraft's [[Cthulhu]] Mythos, or "Yog-Sothothery", series of stories. Abd al-Azred was the pseudonym created by Lovecraft originally as a child during a period of infatuation with the ''1001 Arabian Nights''.<ref>Dalcher, Allan.  ''History of the World''.  New York: Dutlow Press, 2000.</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=August Derleth|chapter=The Keeper of the Key|origyear=1951|title=Quest for Cthulhu|year=2000|location=New York, NY|publisher=Carroll & Graf|isbn=0-7867-0752-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Harms|first=Daniel|title=The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana|edition=2nd ed.|year=1998|location=Oakland, CA|publisher=Chaosium|isbn=1-56882-119-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Howard P|last=Lovecraft|title=History of The Necronomicon|publisher=Necronomicon Press|location=West Warwick, RI|isbn=0-318-04715-2|url=http://www.necfiles.org/nechisto.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Pearsall|first=Anthony B.|title=The Lovecraft Lexicon|edition=1st ed.|year=2005|location=Tempe, AZ|publisher=New Falcon|isbn=1-56184-129-3}}</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:45, April 7, 2017

Abd al-Azrad (700? AD-738 AD), also known as Abdul Alhazred, was a creation of the weird-fiction author Howard Philips Lovecraft. Lovecraft named al-Azrad as the author of the Kitab Al-Azif, the Arabic translation of the equally fictional Necronomicon, in Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, or "Yog-Sothothery", series of stories. Abd al-Azred was the pseudonym created by Lovecraft originally as a child during a period of infatuation with the 1001 Arabian Nights.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Dalcher, Allan. History of the World. New York: Dutlow Press, 2000.
  2. ↑ August Derleth [1951] (2000). "The Keeper of the Key", Quest for Cthulhu. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0752-6. 
  3. ↑ Harms, Daniel (1998). The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, 2nd ed., Oakland, CA: Chaosium. ISBN 1-56882-119-0. 
  4. ↑ Lovecraft, Howard P. History of The Necronomicon. West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press. ISBN 0-318-04715-2. 
  5. ↑ Pearsall, Anthony B. (2005). The Lovecraft Lexicon, 1st ed., Tempe, AZ: New Falcon. ISBN 1-56184-129-3.