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| :The changes to the article have been made with no citation of sources. I know of no reputable book (actually I know of no book at all) that supports your claims. If you do, then please supply the reference. --] (] 20:44, 7 October 2005 (UTC) | :The changes to the article have been made with no citation of sources. I know of no reputable book (actually I know of no book at all) that supports your claims. If you do, then please supply the reference. --] (] 20:44, 7 October 2005 (UTC) | ||
| It is well known that he was an Uyghur Turk. That's why Uyghur article of Misplaced Pages links to Farabi; a Turkic nation like Kazakhstan puts his picture on their currency; international encyclopedias (britannica, larousse) tells that he was ethnically Turkish. | |||
| == Book of Music == | == Book of Music == | ||
Revision as of 22:03, 6 December 2005
Arab invasion and Greek heritage
Deleted this bit because it seemed POV:
- Baghdad's Greek heritage in philosophy that had survived the Arab invasion
Jorge Stolfi 01:54, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Turkish or Persian
These terms are not very meaningful for someone born in the 9th century, are they? Trying to label him either way is rather pointless. Any criterion (geographical, political, ethnic, linguistic...) will be arbitrary and will only invite edit wars. IMHO, better just omit the nationality and give all the relevant facts and theories in the Biography (he was born in then-Persia, now-Turkmenistan, probably from Turkic ancestry, etc.). Jorge Stolfi 04:20, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Merge proposal
The other article has been speedily deleted (as being an incorrectly titled duplicate of this article, containing nothing that isn't here), so I've removed the merge template from this article. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Turkish Or Persian
The terms if used objectively provides information on background and subjects heritage. In this case Farab's name Uzlog indicative of his Turkish/Turkic heritage. mehrdadd 03:20, 06 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- The changes to the article have been made with no citation of sources. I know of no reputable book (actually I know of no book at all) that supports your claims. If you do, then please supply the reference. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 20:44, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
It is well known that he was an Uyghur Turk. That's why Uyghur article of Misplaced Pages links to Farabi; a Turkic nation like Kazakhstan puts his picture on their currency; international encyclopedias (britannica, larousse) tells that he was ethnically Turkish.
Book of Music
I thought it was entitled Kitaab al-Musiqa al-Kabeera (the big book of music). Anyone have any input/sources for this? Though it's just a minor point.