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| − | '''Abd al-Azrad''' (700? AD-738 AD), also known as Abdul Alhazred, was a creation of the | + | '''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''. |
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Revision as of 02:08, August 11, 2007
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.
References
Dalcher, Allan. History of the World. New York: Dutlow Press, 2000.
August Derleth [1951] (2000). "The Keeper of the Key", Quest for Cthulhu. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0752-6.
Harms, Daniel (1998). The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana, 2nd ed., Oakland, CA: Chaosium. ISBN 1-56882-119-0.
Lovecraft, Howard P. History of The Necronomicon. West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press. ISBN 0-318-04715-2.
Pearsall, Anthony B. (2005). The Lovecraft Lexicon, 1st ed., Tempe, AZ: New Falcon. ISBN 1-56184-129-3.