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Abu ʿAli al-Farisi (al-Hasan ibn Ahmad)

أبو علي الفارسي (الحسن بن أحمد)

Notable figure 288–377 AH / 901–987 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «EBÛ ALİ el-FÂRİSλ (born 288/901 in Fesâ near Shiraz; d. 377/987; el-Îżâḥ fi’n-naḥv)

Affiliation

Grammarian; author of al-Idah on Arabic syntax

Biography

Born in the town of Fasa near Shiraz, he became a leading grammarian of the Basran school. His al-Idah (also called al-Idah al-ʿAdudi) was taken up by later grammarians in many commentaries, and he was the teacher of Ibn Jinni.