Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Qasim Umar ibn Thabit al-Thamanini, a blind grammarian and man of letters, from Thamanin, a town in the island of Ibn Umar in the land of Mosul. He died in 442 AH (1051 CE). 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.845
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Thamanini Abu al-Qasim Umar ibn Thabit”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-thamanini-abu-al-qasim-umar-ibn-thabit/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.