al-Firuzabadi الفيروزآبادي | |
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 Folio from a 16th-century manuscript of the Al-Qāmus al-Muḥīṭ Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage | |
| Title | Majd al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1329 CE |
| Died | 1414 (aged 84–85) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Middle Ages |
| Region | Middle East |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i[1] |
| Creed | Ash'ari[2] |
| Main interest(s) | Lexicography, Linguistic, Arabic grammar, Philology, Arabic literature, Hadith, History, Islamic jurisprudence, Poetry |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Qamus al-Muhit |
| Occupation | Polymath, Lexicographer, Linguist, Traditionist, Litterateur, Historian |
| Muslim leader | |
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Abu ’l-Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. YaʿḲūb b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Mad̲j̲d al-Di̊n al-S̲h̲āfiʿī al-S̲h̲īrāzī (Persian: فیروزآبادی) also known as al-Fayrūzabādī (Arabic: الفيروزآبادي (1329–1414) was a Persian[3][4][5] Sunni Muslim polymath.[6] He excelled in hadith, grammar, philology, history, literature, poetry and Islamic jurisprudence. He was a revered narrator and preserver of Prophetic traditions. He was a major linguist and one of the prominent scholars of the 15th century.[7] He was one of the leading lexicographers in the medieval Islamic world.[8][9] He was the compiler of Al-Qamus al-Muhit, a comprehensive and, for nearly five centuries, one of the most widely used Arabic dictionaries.[10]
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- ^ Yassin Ghanem Jassim al-Aridi (2024). Classes of Ash'aris, notables of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Dar al-Kotob al-'Ilmiyya. p. 431-432. ISBN 9786144962350.
- ^ Hamilton, Alastair (2022). Arabs and Arabists: Selected Articles. Brill. p. 253.
- ^ Baalbaki, Ramzi (2014). The Arabic Lexicographical Tradition: From the 2nd/8th to the 12th/18th Century. Brill. p. 391.
- ^ Versteegh, Kees (1997). Landmarks in Linguistic Thought III: The Arabic Linguistic Tradition. Psychology Press. p. 33.
- ^ Vivian Strotmann (2016). Majd Al-Dīn Al-Fīrūzābādī (1329-1415) - A Polymath on the Eve of the Early Modern Period. Brill. ISBN 9789004305397.
- ^ Mohamed Ali Shaheen. "Majd al-Din Muhammad ibn Yaqub ibn Muhammad al-Fayruzabadi al-Shirazi". alghoraba.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 March 2019.
- ^ Tottoli, Roberto (18 June 2018). The Wiley Blackwell History of Islam. Wiley. p. 624. ISBN 9780470657546.
- ^ Rotunda. Vol. 18–19. Royal Ontario Museum. 1985. p. 38.
- ^ Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 133–134.