Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · teacher
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- 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
Tahir ibn Ahmad ibn Babshadh, Abu al-Hasan al-Jawhari al-Nahwi, from Egypt. 1
He worked in the jewel trade, then taught grammar in the mosque of Amr in Cairo. He wrote a commentary on grammar that became known among the grammarians. The encyclopaedia gives his death as 454 AH (1063 CE), according to report. 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Babshadh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-babshadh-tahir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.