Ibn al-Anbari

Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Bashār al-Anbārī () (885–940 AD), also known simply as Ibn al-Anbari (), was a well known Arab philologist and grammarian of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Life

He was born in Baghdad, where he spent most of his life. According to Hatim Salih al-Damin in his book al-Zāhir fī maʿānī kalimāt al-nās (), Ibn Al-Anbari received education from many teachers including his father Abu Muhammad al-Anbari(d. 916/917), Abu al-ʽAbbas Thaʽlab (d. 904) and Ibn Duraid (d. 953).

Works

Among his works are the following:

• Sharh al-Qasai'd al-Saba' al-Tiwal al-Jahiliyyat
• Al Ha'at fi Kitab Allah

See also

• List of pre-modern Arab scientists and scholars

References