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Ibn al-Ajdābī
أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن إسماعيل بن أحمد بن عبد الله اللواتي الأجدابي الطرابلسي
Born
Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā'īl ibn Ahmad ibn Abdallāh al-Lawātī al-Ajdābī al-Tarāblisī
Diedafter c. 1077 AD (456 AH)
Tripoli, Libya
NationalityLibyan
Occupation(s)Scholar, Linguist
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
Discipline
Notable works
  • The Learner's Adequacy and the Speaker's Aspiration
    كفاية المتحفظ وغاية المتلفظ
  • The Greater Prosody
    العروض الكبير
  • The Lesser Prosody
    العروض الصغير
  • Explanation of That Which Ends With Geminated Ya'
    شرح ما آخره ياء مشددة من الأسماء
  • A Summary of the Science of Genealogy
    مختصر في علم الأنساب
  • A Brief Genealogy of Quraish
    مختصر نسب قريش
  • Times and the Climate
    الأزمنة والأنواء
  • Reply to Abu Hafs Ibn Makki on Training of the Tongue
    الرد على أبي حفص بن مكي في تثقيف اللسان

Ibn al-Ajdābī (Arabic: أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن إسماعيل بن أحمد بن عبد الله اللواتي الأجدابي الطرابلسي, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm ibn Ismā'īl ibn Ahmad ibn Abdallāh al-Lawātī al-Ajdābī al-Tarāblisī) died after c. 1077 AD (456 AH) was a prominent Libyan scholar and linguist. His fields of expertise covered Islamic jurisprudence, kalam, Arabic language and astronomy. He lived all his life in Tripoli and died and was buried there. He studied under Libyan scholars of his time and was famous for being interested in meeting those who traveled through Tripoli from the Mashriq and the Maghrib and acquiring wider knowledge from them. It is said that when he was asked about how he acquired all this knowledge, he replied, "I acquired it from the Huwwāra and Znāta gates,"[1] which refers to the names of two main gates to Tripoli, named after two Berber tribes.

Bibliography

  • كفاية المتحفظ وغاية المتلفظ (The Learner's Adequacy and the Speaker's Aspiration)
  • العروض الكبير (The Greater Prosody)
  • العروض الصغير (The Lesser Prosody)
  • شرح ما آخره ياء مشددة من الأسماء (Explanation of That Which Ends With Geminated Ya')
  • مختصر في علم الأنساب (A Summary of the Science of Genealogy)
  • مختصر نسب قريش (A Brief Genealogy of Quraish)
  • الأزمنة والأنواء (Times and the Climate)[2]
  • الرد على أبي حفص بن مكي في تثقيف اللسان (Reply to Abu Hafs Ibn Makki on Training of the Tongue)

References

  1. ^ "Ibn Al-Ajdabi Ibn Al-Ajdabi Ibn Al-Ajdabi". Arab Encyclopedia (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Ibn al-Ajdābī. Elahie, Rana M. N. Ehsan (ed.). The Book of Seasonal Periods and Sky Signs (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Islamabad: Pakistan Hijra Council. ISBN 9789698016203. Retrieved 2 May 2023.