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Murtada al-Zabidi

مرتضى الزَّبيدي

Notable figure 1145–1205 AH / 1732–1790 CE · Source: خير الدين الزركلي، الأعلام، دار العلم للملايين، ج٧ ص٧٠ (ترجمة «مرتضى الزبيدي»)، على تراث

Affiliation

Lexicographer, author of the dictionary Taj al-'Arus

Biography

Born in Bilgram in India, he grew up in Zabid in Yemen, from which he took his name, and settled in Egypt, where he died of plague. His ten-volume Taj al-'Arus, a commentary on al-Qamus al-Muhit, became the largest of all Arabic dictionaries; he also wrote al-Takmila wa al-Sila wa al-Dhayl, a two-volume supplement to the Qamus.