Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi
الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي
Born: 718 CE (100 AH)Died: 786 CE (170 AH)
Biography
Full biography coming soon. Arab polymath, teacher of Sibawaih, and inventor of Arabic prosody (ilm al-arud). Compiled Kitab al-Ayn, the first comprehensive Arabic dictionary, and laid the foundations of Arabic grammatical theory.
Books
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Details
- Era
- classical
- Category
- linguist
- Birth Place
- Basra
- Death Place
- Basra