At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · theologian · writer
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar ibn Muhammad al-Zamakhshari al-Khwarazmi. Ibn al-Imad describes him as the great imam in exegesis, hadith, grammar, philology and the science of eloquence. 2
His creed
He held a Mu'tazili creed, and he showed and declared it. Ibn al-Imad says that when he asked permission to enter upon a patron he would say: "Tell him that Abu al-Qasim the Mu'tazili is at the door." 2
Mecca and the name
He stayed in Mecca for a time, and he was called "Jar Allah", and this name became his title. 2
His leg
His leg fell, so he walked in a wooden shell. He had with him a document bearing the testimony of many people. Ibn al-Imad relates from him that he attributed this to his mother's supplication against him in his youth. 2
He was born on the seventeenth of Rajab 467 AH and died in 538 AH at the age of seventy-one. The Gregorian dates in the museum's data are derived. 3
"Kashf al-Zunun" attributes to him the book Asas al-Balagha. 4
Connections
- Authored
- Asas al-Balagha
People and things also explored
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 598-600
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.598-600
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.600
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
- Nawadir Juha al-Kubra, ed. Darwish al-Juwaydi (al-Dar al-Namudhajiya)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “الزمخشري”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-zamakhshari/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.