Abu Bakr az-Zubaydi

Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan az-Zubaydī, Abū Bakr (محمد بن الحسن الزبيدي أبو بكر)
Born918 or 928 [306 or 316 A.H.]
Died6 September 989(989-09-06) (aged 61) [379 A.H.]
Other namesAbū Bakr az-Zubaydī al-Andalusī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan az-Zubaydī al-Ishbīlī
Academic work
EraCaliphate of Córdoba
(Ḥakīm II era)
Main interestspoetry, philology, fiqh (law), etc.
Notable worksṬabaqāt an-Naḥwīyīn wa-al-Lughawīyīn
InfluencedAbū al-Walid Muḥammad (d. ca. 1048), son and pupil.

Abū Bakr az-Zubaydī (أبو بكر الزبيدي), also known as Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Madḥīj al-Faqīh and Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan az-Zubaydī al-Ishbīlī (محمد بن الحسن الزبيدي الإشبيلي), held the title Akhbār al-fuquhā[1] and wrote books on topics including philology, biography, history, philosophy, law, lexicology, and hadith.