al-Amthal al-Sa'ira

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Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam's al-Amthal al-Sa'ira — the early proverb collection 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Levant & Iraq
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"Al-Amthal al-Saira" (Proverbs in Circulation) by Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam, the philologist, who died in 224 AH, as Hajji Khalifa reports. 2

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  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 603
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.603
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Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam

Abu Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam — b. Herat, son of a Roman mawla of the Azd; tutor to Harun al-Rashid's sons, then in Abd Allah ibn Tahir's circle, qadi of Tarsus, and finally settled in Mecca in 224 where he died; Ibn Durustawayh counted him the most prolific author of Baghdad in every field — some twenty books transmitted on Qur'an, fiqh, gharib al-hadith, proverbs and poetry.