Ibn Sidah

Ibn Sidah
Born	1007 Murcia, Caliphate of Córdoba, now Spain
Died	25 March 1066 (aged 59)
Occupation	Muslim Andalusian Scholar in Córdoba, Andalusia, Grammarian
Notable works	Al-Muhkam wal-Muhit al-A'zam (28 Volumes) المحكم والمحيط الأعظم

Ibn Sidah (1007– 25 March 1066) was a blind Andalusian scholar of Classical Arabic, author of the Muḥkam, a dictionary of 28 volumes, as also a large-scale classical vocabulary known as Kitāb al-Mukhaṣṣaṣ. He was born in Murcia and studied in Cordova.