Ibn Barri Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Wahsh · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Roles: Scholar · writer
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Egypt & Nile
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Ibn Abi Asrun · Ibn al-Kashshab al-Baghdadi · Ibn al-Manda'i al-Wasiti · ابن كليب

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Overview

Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Abi al-Wahsh ibn Abd al-Jabbar ibn Barri al-Maqdisi al-Misri, a philologist and grammarian of Egypt. He was born, raised and died in Egypt, and his father was a secretary. ¹

He was born in 499 AH (1106 CE) and died in 582 AH (1187 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

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