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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|id=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|id=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|id=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|id=ISBN 1-56184-129-3}}</ref>

'''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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