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al-Sahib ibn ʿAbbad (Ismaʿil ibn ʿAbbad)

الصاحب بن عبّاد (إسماعيل بن عبّاد)

Notable figure 326–385 AH / 938–995 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «SÂHİB b. ABBÂD» (born 326/938 in Tâlekān near Qazvin or in Istakhr; d. 385/995; el-Muḥîṭ fi’l-luġa)

Affiliation

Lexicographer and man of letters; author of al-Muhit

Biography

Born, by the preferred account, in Taleqan near Qazvin (another account says Istakhr). He compiled the dictionary al-Muhit fi al-lugha, and was also a scholar, man of letters and poet.