al-Birgivi (Muhammad ibn Pir ʿAli)

البركوي (محمد بن بير علي)

Notable figure 929–981 AH / 1523–1573 CE · Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, «BİRGİVλ (born 10 Jumada I 929/27 March 1523 in Balıkesir; d. 981/1573; el-ʿAvâmil, İẓhâr)

Affiliation

Grammarian; author of al-ʿAwamil and Izhar al-asrar

Biography

Born in Balıkesir, Anatolia, in 929/1523. He wrote al-ʿAwamil, a short grammar for beginners to memorise, and its commentary Izhar al-asrar; for centuries both remained indispensable textbooks for teaching Arabic to non-Arabs.