At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Poet
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
Abu Mansur Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Tha'alibi al-Naysaburi 1.
Standing
Ibn Bassam, author of al-Dhakhira, said of him: he was in his time the guardian of the three kinds of knowledge and the collector of scattered prose and verse, the leading author of his age and the true imam of writers. His fame travelled like a proverb, camels were driven to him, and his books appeared in East and West 1.
Works and death
Among his works are Yatimat al-Dahr on the merits of the people of his age, which covers the lives of poets; Fiqh al-Lugha wa Sirr al-Arabiyya; and Latif al-Ma'arif, on seasonal matters. He was born in 350 AH and died in 429 AH 1.
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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