Abu Nasr Farahi
Abu Nasr Farahi (Persian: ابونصر فراهی; died 1242) was a Persian poet and lexicographer from Farah, Sistan, which is now in Afghanistan.[1] Little is known about his life; he is known to have lived during the rule of the Nasrid dynasty and the early period of the Mongol Empire.[2]
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A folio from the Nisab al-Sibiyan of Abu Nasr Farahi. Copy made in Qajar Iran during the mid 19th-century
Three works are attributed to him, including the Nisab al-Sibiyan, the first lexicographic work on Arabic to be written in Persian verses.[2]
References
- "FARĀHĪ, ABŪ NAṢR BADR-al-DĪN MASʿŪD". Encyclopædia Iranica. December 15, 1999. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- Ghulamiyan 2015.
Sources
- Ghulamiyan, Simin (2015). "Abū Naṣr Farāhī". In Madelung, Wilferd; Daftary, Farhad (eds.). Encyclopaedia Islamica Online. Brill Online. ISSN 1875-9831.
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