Abu Ishaq al-Zajjaj
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī al-Zajjāj (Arabic: أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد بن السري الزجاج) was a grammarian of Basrah, a scholar of philology and theology and a favourite at the Abbāsid court. He died in 922 at Baghdād, the capital city in his time.
Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī (Surrī) al-Zajjāj | |
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| Born | c. 842 |
| Died | 13 October 922 (aged 80) |
| Other names | ‘The Glassman’ |
| Occupation | Grammarian |
| Years active | caliph al-Mu’taḍid |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Abbāsid |
| School or tradition | School of Baṣrah |
| Main interests | philology, theology, philosophy, linguistics, natural science |
| Notable works | Kitāb mā fassarahu min jāmi‘ an-nuṭq (كتاب ما فسّرة من جامع النطق); ‘Exposition of the "Compendium of Speech"’ |
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