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al-Zamakhshari (Jar Allah Mahmud ibn ʿUmar)

الزمخشري (جار الله محمود بن عمر)

Notable figure 467–538 AH / 1075–1144 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «ZEMAHŞERλ (born 27 Rajab 467/18 March 1075 in Zemahşer, today in the Köroğlu district of Daşoğuz province, Turkmenistan; el-Mufaṣṣal) · Second source: Khayr al-Din al-Zirikli, al-Aʿlam, vol. 7, p. 178 (entry «الزمخشري»; al-Mufassal, Asas al-balagha, al-Faʾiq, al-Mustaqsa), via turath.io

Affiliation

Grammarian and lexicographer; al-Mufassal, Asas al-balagha

Biography

Born in Zamakhshar in Khwarazm, a place now in the Daşoguz province of Turkmenistan. He wrote nearly all his works in Arabic and counted serving the language an honour: al-Mufassal on grammar, the dictionary Asas al-balagha separating literal from figurative usage, al-Faʾiq on rare words and al-Mustaqsa on proverbs.