Al-Mubarrad
Abbasid philologist, biographer and grammarian (826-898) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Al-Mubarrad (المبرد)[n 1] (al-Mobarrad),[2][3] or Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd (c. 826 – c. 898), was a native of Baṣrah. He was a philologist, biographer and a leading grammarian of the School of Basra, a rival to the School of Kufa.[4] In 860 he was called to the court of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil at Samarra. When the caliph was killed the following year, he went to Baghdād, and taught there until his death.
Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd | |
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Born | c. 826 (207 AH) |
Died | 898–899 (285 AH) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
Other names | al-Mubarrad |
Occupation | Grammarian of Basra |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
A prolific writer, perhaps the greatest of his school, his best known work is Al-Kāmil ("The Perfect One" or "The Complete").[4][5]
A leading scholar of Sībawayh's seminal treatise on grammar, "al-Kitab" ("The Book"),[6] he lectured on philology and wrote critical treatises on linguistics and Quranic exegesis (tafsir). He is said to be the source of the story of Shahrbanu or Shahr Banu — eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III.[citation needed]
His quote to would-be students was:
- “Have you ridden through grammar, appreciating its vastness and meeting with the difficulties of its contents?"[7]