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al-Kafiyaji (Muhyi al-Din Muhammad ibn Sulayman)

الكافِيَجي (محيي الدين محمد بن سليمان)

Notable figure 788–879 AH / 1386–1474 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «KÂFİYECİ» (born 788/1386 in Gökçeköy, Saruhan; d. 879/1474 in Cairo; nicknamed after el-Kâfiye; Şerḥu’l-iʿrâb ʿan Ḳavâʿidi’l-iʿrâb)

Affiliation

Grammarian, named after Ibn al-Hajib's al-Kafiya

Biography

Born in Gökçeköy in the Saruhan district (Manisa) of Anatolia, he later settled in Cairo. He was nicknamed al-Kafiyaji for his constant work on Ibn al-Hajib's grammar al-Kafiya, and commented on Ibn Hisham's Qawaʿid al-iʿrab in Sharh al-iʿrab ʿan Qawaʿid al-iʿrab.