Ibn Malik
| Ibn Malik | |
|---|---|
| ابن مالک | |
| Born |
1204 [1] Jaén, Spain, Al-Andalus now Andalusia, Spain |
| Died |
21 February 1274 (aged 70) [2] Damascus, Syria |
| Resting place | Damascus, Syria |
| Ethnicity | Al-Andalusi |
| Era | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Occupation | Arab grammarian |
| Religion | Islam |
| Main interest(s) | Arabic Literature |
Ibn Mālik, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Djamāl Al-Dīn Muhammad (Arabic: ابو عبداللہ جمال الدین محمد بن عبداللہ بن محمد بن عبداللہ بن مالک الطائی الجیانی النحوی ) (c. 600 AH – 672 AH / c. 1204 – 21 February 1274) was an Arab grammarian born in Jaén. After leaving al-Andalus for the Near East, he became a Shāfi‘ī, and taught Arabic language and literature in Aleppo and Hamāt, before eventually settled in Damascus, where he began the most productive period of his life. He was a senior master at the Adiliyya Madrasa. His reputation in Arabic literature was cemented by his al-Khulāsa al-alfiyya (known also as simply Alfiya), a versification of Arabic grammar, for which at least 43 commentaries have been written.
References
Fleisch, H. Ibn Mālik in The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd Edition. CD-ROM Edition v 1.0. (Leiden: Brill, 1999).
External links
- Works by or about Ibn Malik in libraries (WorldCat catalog)