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Ahmad ibn Muhammad Zayn al-Fatani

أحمد بن محمد زين الفَطاني

Notable figure 1272–1325 AH / 1856–1908 CE · Source: Che Ku Nur Saliehah binti Che Ku Hassan, "Sheikh Ahmad Fatani & his Contribution in (Fiqh) Islamic Jurisprudence Writing", International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7, no. 4 (2017), DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i4/2797 (birthplace, dates, writing in Arabic and Malay) · Second source: مكتبة الإمارات الوطنيّة (مكتبة الاتحاد، ECSSR)، بطاقة فهرسة: «تسهيل نيل الأماني في شرح عوامل الجرجاني، أو: تسريح الغوامل في شرح العوامل»، تأليف أحمد بن محمد زين بن مصطفى الفطاني، بيروت: دار الكتب العلميّة، ط١، ٢٠١٣، ١٠٩ص، الموضوع: اللغة العربيّة – النحو

Affiliation

Grammarian from Patani, commentator on al-Jurjani's 'Awamil

Biography

Born in Kampung Sena Janjar, Jambu, in Patani (now southern Thailand), he lived in Mecca and died at Mina, writing in both Arabic and Malay. His Arabic grammar Tashil Nayl al-Amani fi Sharh 'Awamil al-Jurjani, also titled Tasrih al-Ghawamil fi Sharh al-'Awamil, is a commentary on 'Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani's primer on the governing words of Arabic syntax.