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Arab historian, writer, poet and musicologist (897–967)

Also known as: Abū l-Faradsch al-Isfahānī, Abu'l-Faradsch al-Isfahani, Aghāni, Al-Aghāni, Ali al Isfahani, Абу-ль-Фарадж аль-Исфахани

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