al-Baghdadi Abu al-Ala Sa'id ibn al-Hasan

البغدادي أبو العلاء صاعد بن الحسن

1026 CE · 417 AH

Baghdadi lexicographer of Rabi'a origin from Mosul, who transmitted in the East from al-Sirafi and al-Farisi; died 417 AH (1026 CE).

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Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi · Abdallah ibn Yasin al-Jazuli · Abu al-Hasan al-Ibadi · Abu al-Mahasin al-Ruyani

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Overview

Abu al-Ala Sa'id ibn al-Hasan ibn Isa al-Rab'i al-Baghdadi, a Baghdadi philologist whose origins go back to the lands of Rabi'a in Mosul. He narrated in the east from al-Sirafi and al-Farisi, and died in 417 AH (1026 CE). 1

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Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.627-628
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