where did abdul alhazred come from?

Answer 1

Abdul Alhazred is a fictional character created by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. He is the so-called "Mad Arab" credited with authoring the imaginary occult book Kitab al-Azif (the Necronomicon), and as such an integral part of Cthulhu Mythos lore.


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The name Abdul Alhazred is a pseudonym that Lovecraft created in his youth, which he took on after reading 1001 Arabian Nights at the age of about five years old. The name was invented either by Lovecraft himself or by the Whipple family lawyer, Albert Baker. While Abdul is a common Arabic name, Alhazred, however, may allude to Hazard, a name from Lovecraft's family tree. It might also have been a pun on "all-has-read", since Lovecraft was an avid reader in youth.

Abdul Alhazred is not a real Arabic name, and seems to contain the Arabic definite article morpheme twice in a row (rather anomalous in terms of Arabic grammar). The more proper Arabic form might be Abd-el-Hazred or simply Abdul Hazred (with a single definite article). In Arabic translations, his name has appeared as Abdullah Alḥaẓred (عبدالله الحظرد).

The phrase "mad Arab", sometimes with both words capitalised in Lovecraft's stories, is used so commonly before Alhazred's name that it almost constitutes a title. A reference to the "Mad Arab" in Cthulhu Mythos fiction is invariably a synonym for Abdul Alhazred.

Answer 2

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