Back المبرد Arabic Al-Mubàrrad Catalan Al-Mubarrad Spanish ابوالعباس مبرد Persian Al-Moubarred French Al-Mubarrad ID Аль-Мубаррад Russian 穆拜赖德 Chinese
Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 826 (207 AH) |
| Died | 898–899 (285 AH) Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Other names | al-Mubarrad |
| Occupation | Grammarian of Basra |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Al-Mubarrad (المبرد)[n 1] (al-Mobarrad),[2][3] or Abū al-‘Abbās Muḥammad ibn Yazīd (c. 826 – c. 898), was a native of Baṣrah. He was a philologist, biographer and a leading grammarian of the School of Basra, a rival to the School of Kufa.[4] In 860 he was called to the court of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil at Samarra. When the caliph was killed the following year, he went to Baghdād, and taught there until his death.
A prolific writer, perhaps the greatest of his school, his best known work is Al-Kāmil ("The Perfect One" or "The Complete").[4][5]
A leading scholar of Sībawayh's seminal treatise on grammar, "al-Kitab" ("The Book"),[6] he lectured on philology and wrote critical treatises on linguistics and Quranic exegesis (tafsir). He is said to be the source of the story of Shahrbanu or Shahr Banu — eldest daughter of Yazdegerd III.[citation needed]
His quote to would-be students was:
- “Have you ridden through grammar, appreciating its vastness and meeting with the difficulties of its contents?"[7]
- ^ Yāqūt 1965, p. 137, Irshād, VI (7).
- ^ Khallikān (Ibn) 1868, p. 31, III.
- ^ Yāqūt 1965, p. 137, line 15, Irshād, VI (7).
- ^ a b Thatcher 1911, p. 954.
- ^ Wright 1869.
- ^ Khallikān (Ibn) 1868, p. 396, II.
- ^ Nadīm (al-) 1970, pp. 111–2.
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