Ibn Khalawayh
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Ibn Khalawayh (ابن خالويه; full name Abu `Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Khalawayh (born in Hamadan, iran - d. AH 370 / AD 980/1) was a 10th-century Arab[1] scholar of Arabic grammar and Quranic exegesis. He was active at the court of Sayf al-Dawla, the Hamdanid ruler of Syria, at Aleppo.
Ibn Khalawayh was a famous scholar during his lifetime, and assembled a circle of disciples in regular literary reunions. He was active in the period of hectic philological activity towards a canonical text of the Qur'an. His grammatical opinions were eclectic, in between the major opposition between the grammatical schools of Basra and Kufa.
Citations
- ^ Donzel, E. J. Van (1994-01-01). Islamic Desk Reference. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-09738-4.
References
- H. A. R. Gibb (ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Islam [year needed][page needed]
- W. C. Brice, An Historical atlas of Islam, 1981, [page needed]
- David Larsen, introduction to Ibn Khalawayh's Names of the Lion (Wave Books, 2017), vii-xiv.