Ibn al-Anbari

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Bashār al-Anbārī (Arabic: أبوبكر محمد بن القاسم بن محمد بن بشّار الأنباري) (885–940 AD), also known simply as Ibn al-Anbari (ابن الأنباري), was a well known Arab philologist and grammarian of the Abbasid Caliphate.[1][2]

Life

He was born in Baghdad, were he spent most of his life. According to Hatim Salih al-Damin in his book al-Zāhir fī maʿānī kalimāt al-nās (الظاهر في معاني كلمات الناس), Ibn Al-Anbari received education from many teachers including his father Abu Muhammad al-Anbari(d. 916/917), Abu al-ʽAbbas Thaʽlab (d. 904) and Ibn Duraid (d. 953).[1]

Works

Among his works are the following:

  • Sharh al-Qasai'd al-Saba' al-Tiwal al-Jahiliyyat
  • Al Ha'at fi Kitab Allah[3]

See also

References
  1. Weipert, Reinhard (2009-06-01). "al-Anbārī, Abū Bakr". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE.
  2. Arbuthnot, F. F. (1890). Arabic Authors: A Manual of Arabian History and Literature. W. Heinemann. ISBN 978-1-4655-1080-8.
  3. "Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al- Anbārī (0884-0940)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
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