Ibn Sidah
Appearance
Ibn Sidah | |
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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.[1]
References
- ^ Anwar G. Chejne (1969). The Arabic Language: Its Role in History. U of Minnesota Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-8166-5725-4. Retrieved 2 April 2013.