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ʿAbd al-Qahir al-Jurjani (Abu Bakr ʿAbd al-Qahir ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman)

عبد القاهر الجرجاني (أبو بكر عبد القاهر بن عبد الرحمن)

Notable figure d. 471 AH / 1078 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «ABDÜLKĀHİR el-CÜRCÂNλ (born in Cürcân; d. 471/1078–79; Esrârü’l-belâġa, Delâʾilü’l-iʿcâz) · Second source: Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli, al-Aʿlam, vol. 4, p. 48 (entry «عبد القاهر الجرجاني»), via turath.io

Affiliation

Rhetorician; author of Dalaʾil al-iʿjaz and Asrar al-balagha

Biography

Born in Jurjan, between Tabaristan and Khurasan, where he spent his whole life. He is regarded as the founder of Arabic rhetoric as a discipline: Dalaʾil al-iʿjaz set out his theory of nazm (composition), and Asrar al-balagha studied simile, metaphor and figurative speech.