- عبد الله إبراهيم بن محمّد بن عرفة العَتَكيّ الأزديّ)
better known as
Niftawayh, was a
Medieval Muslim scholar. He was
considered to be the best writer...
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prominent intellectuals,
including the
philologists al-Zajjaj, Ibn Duraid,
Niftawayh and ibn Anbari. He was
acquainted with
famous poets,
including Kashajim...
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scholars of
Arabic grammar came to be
compared to Sibawayh. The name
Niftawayh, a
combination of "nift", or
asphalt – due to his dark
complexion – and...
- Al-Nāshī Al-Akbar (died 906 CE),
prominent kalām
theologian and
teacher of
Niftawayh.
Muhammad bin
Dawud al-Zahiri (died 909), son of the school's namesake...
- al-ʻAlāʼs student, and
preserved his recitation, p****ing on his
method to
Niftawayh and
Muhammad bin
Dawud al-Zahiri. Ibn al-ʻAlāʼ was a
contemporary of many...
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Arabic grammar,
lexicography and
Arabic literature under his
teacher Niftawayh,
himself a
student of Ibn Dawud's father. In
regard to the
variant readings...
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Among his
students in
recitation were
Muhammad bin
Dawud al-Zahiri and
Niftawayh. Al-Duri was born in
Samarra in the year 767CE, died in
Baghdad during...
- (approximate date) Li Yichao,
Chinese warlord and
governor (jiedushi)
Niftawayh,
Abbasid scholar and
grammarian (b. 858)
Trpimir II, king of
Croatia (approximate...
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comprehensive Arabic dictionary ever, was
accused by his
contemporary Niftawayh of
simply plagiarizing al-Farahidi's work. Al-Farahidi
tried to rationalize...
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Later Liang (d. 921)
Mansur al-Hallaj,
Persian mystic writer (d. 922)
Niftawayh,
Muslim scholar and
grammarian (d. 935) Richard, duke of
Burgundy (approximate...
