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al-Firuzabadi (Majd al-Din Muhammad ibn Yaʿqub)

الفيروزآبادي (مجد الدين محمد بن يعقوب)

Notable figure 729–817 AH / 1329–1415 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «FÎRÛZÂBÂDλ (born 729/1329 in Kâzerûn near Shiraz, Iran; d. 817/1415 in Zabid) · Second source: Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli, al-Aʿlam, vol. 7, p. 146 (entry «الفيروزآبادي»; born at Karzin near Shiraz; al-Qamus al-muhit), via turath.io

Affiliation

Lexicographer; author of al-Qamus al-muhit

Biography

Born in Kazerun near Shiraz in 729/1329, he travelled through Iraq, Syria, Egypt and India before settling in Zabid in Yemen, where he died. His al-Qamus al-muhit became one of the most widely used Arabic dictionaries, so much so that 'qamus' came to mean 'dictionary'.