Ibn Muti al-Zawawi

Ibn Muti al-Zawawi
Bornc. 1168–1169 (564 AH)[1]
Bejāya (Bugia), (present-day Algeria)
Died(1231-09-00)September 1231 (aged 61–63)
(Dhu al-Qadah, 628 AH)[1]
Cairo, Egypt
Other namesAbū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyā b. ‘Abd al-Mu’ṭī b. ‘Abdannūr al-Zawāwī al-Magribī al-Gazā’irī (يحيى بن عبد المعطي بن عبد النور الزواوي); or Abū al-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ‘Abd al-Mu’ṭī b. ‘Abd al-Nūr al-Zawāwī (ابو الحسين يحيىبن عبد المعطي بن عبد النور الزواوي).
Academic work
Notable worksAl-Durra al-alfiyah fi ‘ilm al-‘arabiyah

Ibn Mu‘ṭī al-Zawāwī (ابن معطي الزواوي)—Abū 'l-Ḥusayn Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Nur Zayn al-Dīn al-Zawāwī,[2] or Abū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abd al-Mu’ṭī ibn ‘Abdannūr az-Zawāwī (c. 1168-1169 – 1231 CE (564–628 AH)); was a Ḥanafī faqīh (jurist), grammarian, poet and philologian of the Maghreb and the author of first versified grammatical work, the Alfiyya, commentaries on grammatical treatises and versified lexicographic works.[3] He also wrote numerous works on various scholarly categories.[4] He was one of the foremost medieval grammarians.[5]

  1. ^ a b Dhahabī (al-) 1985, p. 202.
  2. ^ Ibn Khallikan 1868, p. 84.
  3. ^ Bernards 2020.
  4. ^ Dhahabī (al-) 1985, p. 201.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Baadj was invoked but never defined (see the help page).