Al-Mubarrad
Sign in to saveAl-Mubarrad () (al-Mobarrad), or Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd (c. 826c. 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. 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.
Person
- Born
- 0826-03-24
- Died
- 0898-01-01
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd
- Person.birth_place
- Basra, Abbasid Caliphate
- Person.birth_date
- c. 826 (207 AH)
- Person.era
- Islamic Golden Age
- Person.death_place
- Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
- Person.death_date
- 898–899 (285 AH)
- Person.other_names
- al-Mubarrad
- Person.occupation
- Grammarian of Basra
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Key dates
- Born
- 24 March 826
- Died
- 1 January 898
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Basra
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Occupation
- philologist
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Works
- Transcribers of al-Mubarrad{{refn|group=n|The word translated as “transcribers” is an unusual form but it probably refers to the two men mentioned in the first phrase, who copied al—Mubarrad’s manuscripts. The other persons mentioned under this heading were not transcribers.}}
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Al-Mubarrad () (al-Mobarrad), or Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd (c. 826c. 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. 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.
A prolific writer, perhaps the greatest of his school, his best known work is Al-Kāmil ("The Perfect One" or "The Complete").