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Ishaq ibn Ibrahim al-Farabi

إسحاق بن إبراهيم الفارابي

Notable figure d. c. 350 AH / 961 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «FÂRÂBÎ, İshak b. İbrâhim» (nisba to Fârâb in Turkestan; d. 350/961 [?]; Dîvânü’l-edeb; uncle and teacher of el-Cevherî) · Second source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «FÂRÂBλ (Fârâb = Otrar, within today's Kazakhstan)

Affiliation

Lexicographer; author of Diwan al-adab

Biography

Named after the city of Farab in Turkestan, today Otrar in Kazakhstan. He compiled Diwan al-adab, an Arabic dictionary arranged by word patterns, and was the uncle and teacher of al-Jawhari, author of al-Sihah.