Ibn Faris

ابن فارس

c. 1004 CE · 395 AH

Abu al-Husayn Ahmad b. Faris al-Razi — the great lexicographer and grammarian, author of Maqayis al-Lugha 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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9009259509751000102510501075110011251150 c. c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Abd al-Ghaffar, poet of the state of al-Hakim · Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa'id al-Azdi · Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhani · Abd al-Malik Ibn Attash · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ali al-Baghdadi

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Abu'l-Husayn Ahmad b. Faris b. Zakariya b. Muhammad b. Habib al-Razi, the lexicographer-grammarian author of famous works in language and grammar; among the leading imams of language in his age 1.

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  1. Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan
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