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Abu Hilal al-ʿAskari (al-Hasan ibn ʿAbd Allah)

أبو هلال العسكري (الحسن بن عبد الله)

Notable figure d. after 395 AH / 1005 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «ASKERÎ, Ebû Hilâl» (born in Askerimükrem, Khuzestan; d. after 400/1009, most sources 395/1005; Kitâbü’ṣ-Ṣınâʿateyn, el-Furûḳu’l-luġaviyye)

Affiliation

Philologist and rhetorician; author of al-Sinaʿatayn

Biography

Born in ʿAskar Mukram in Khuzestan, where he spent his life. He wrote Kitab al-Sinaʿatayn on the art of prose and poetry, al-Furuq al-lughawiyya on distinguishing near-synonyms, and the proverb collection Jamharat al-amthal.