Abu al-Khaṭṭāb ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʻAbd al-Majīd (Arabic: أبو الخطاب عبد الحميد بن عبد المجيد; died 177 AH/793 CE), commonly known as Al-Akhfash al-Akbar (Arabic: الأخفش الأكبر) was a notable Arab grammarian. He was born in Hajar, Bahrain but lived in Basra.
His most notable students were: Sibawayh,[1] Yunus ibn Habib,[1] Abu 'Ubaydah Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna, Abu Zayd al-Ansari and Al-Asma'i.
References [edit]
- ^ a b Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān (1988), in Hārūn, ʻAbd al-Salām Muḥammad, Al-Kitāb Kitāb Sībawayh Abī Bishr ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān ibn Qanbar, Introduction (3rd ed.), Cairo: Maktabat al-Khānjī, p. 9
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Al-Akhfash Al-Akbar |
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Grammarian |
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| Place of birth |
Hajar, Bahrain |
| Date of death |
793 |
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