al-Najirmi, grammarian of Egypt

النجيرمي نحوي مصر

c. 12 March 957 CE · 9 Dhu al-Hijja 345 AH – c. 1032 CE · 423 AH

Abu Ya'qub Yusuf ibn Ya'qub ibn Isma'il ibn Kharrazadh al-Najirmi, the Basran philologist who settled in Egypt. He came from a family with several accomplished men of letters well grounded in the language; he was the best of his household and an accomplished calligrapher, and the people of Egypt prized his script so much that a copy of the Diwan of Jarir in his hand fetched ten dinars ¹.