Sikkīt (Ibn al-), Abū Yūsuf Ya‘qūb ibn Isḥāq | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | c. 857/861 |
| Cause of death | Various accounts; injuries inflicted as punishment. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Kufah Grammarian School |
| Influences | Al-Asmaʿi, Abū Ubaidah, al-Farrā’ |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Abbāsid Caliph al-Mutawakkil (rn. 847 – 861) |
| School or tradition | Shia[1] |
| Main interests | philology, Arabic grammar, Arabic poetry |
| Notable works | Al-Alfāz (‘Pronunciations’, or ‘Dialects’), Iṣlāh al-Mantiq (‘Correction of Logic’); |
| Influenced | al-Dinawari[2] |
Abū Yūsuf Ya‘qūb Ibn as-Sikkīt[n 1] (ابو يوسف يعقوب ابن السكيت) was a Persian philologist tutor to the son of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil and a great grammarian and scholar of poetry of the al-Kūfah school. He was punished on the orders of the caliph and died between 857 and 861.
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