Ibn al-Sarraj

Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Sarri b. Sahl, known as Ibn al-Sarraj the grammarian; he took adab from Abu'l-'Abbas al-Mubarrad and others, and a company of notables took from him — Abu Sa'id al-Sirafi and 'Ali b. 'Isa al-Rummani among them — while al-Jawhari transmitted many passages from him in the Sihah. ¹

His famed grammatical works include the Kitab al-Usul — among the finest composed in this field and the resort when transmission is disturbed — Jumal al-usul, al-Mujaz, al-Ishtiqaq, a commentary on Sibawayh's book, Ihtijaj al-qurra', al-Shi'r wa'l-shu'ara', and treatises on wind, air, fire, camels and interconnections; he lisped the ra'. ¹