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al-Mutarrizi (Nasir ibn ʿAbd al-Sayyid)

المطرّزي (ناصر بن عبد السيّد)

Notable figure 538–610 AH / 1143–1213 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «MUTARRİZλ (born 538/1143 in Cürcâniye/Gürgenç, the capital of Khwarazm; d. 610/1213; el-Muġrib fî tertîbi’l-Muʿrib, el-Miṣbâḥ) · Second source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «ZEMAHŞERλ (Cürcâniye = Gürgenç, today Köhne Ürgenç within Turkmenistan); see also UNESCO World Heritage, «Kunya-Urgench» (north-western Turkmenistan)

Affiliation

Lexicographer and grammarian; al-Mughrib, al-Misbah

Biography

Born in 538/1143 in Gurganj (al-Jurjaniyya), the capital of Khwarazm, in the very year and place of al-Zamakhshari's death, which earned him the title 'al-Zamakhshari's successor'. He compiled the dictionary al-Mughrib fi tartib al-Muʿrib and al-Misbah, a concise grammar of Arabic.