Abu Ali al-Farisi

Abū 'Alī al-Fārisī (Arabic: أبو علي الفارسي); surnamed Abū Alī al Ḥasan Aḥmad Abd al-Ghaffār Ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaimān ibn Abān al-Fārisī (c. 901 – 987) ; was a leading grammarian of the school of al-Baṣrah of mixed Arab and Iranian heritage. He lived in Baghdād and later served at the courts of Sayf al-Dawla at Aleppo and 'Aḍud al-Dawlah at Shiraz. His nephew was Abi al-Hussein Muhammad Bin al-Hassan Bin Abd al-Wareth al-Faressi al-Nawawi, who instructed the celebrated theorist al-Jurjānī on al-Fārisī's grammatical treatise, the Idah.

Abū 'Ali al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ghaffār al-Fārisī
Born901
Fasa, Fars, Iran
DiedAugust 16, 987(987-08-16) (aged 85–86)
Other namesAbū Alī al-Ḥasan Aḥmad Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abān al-Fārisī; and Abū Alī 'l-Fasawi
Years activeHammadids, Buyids and Abbasids
Academic work
DisciplineGrammarian
School or traditionSchool of al-Baṣrah
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.