15 results for “basra”
...hed the Islamic calendar, created the diwan system, founded Basra and Kufa, and established the office of Qadi. His just rule...
...who translated Kalila wa Dimna into Arabic, was executed in Basra. His work established Arabic as a language of sophisticated...
Abu Uthman al-Jahiz, the prolific Basran polymath, died. His Kitab al-Hayawan is a pioneering work ...
...d for his beautiful Quran recitation, appointed governor of Basra and Kufa.
...owering figure in early Islamic scholarship whose circle in Basra shaped theology, jurisprudence, and Sufi thought for centur...
A leading Tabii of Basra, famous for dream interpretation and strict adherence to ha...
A blind Tabii scholar of Basra renowned for his knowledge of tafsir and hadith.
...dith critics for his precision and was a key teacher in the Basran school of hadith, transmitting from major scholars like Na...
One of the founding fathers of hadith criticism (ilm ar-rijal), al-Qattan set the standards for evaluating narrator reliability that later scholars like al-Bukh
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
Persian grammarian known as the father of Arabic grammar. His monumental work al-Kitab is the first comprehensive and systematic grammar of the Arabic language
Leading grammarian of the Basra school and author of al-Kamil fil-Lughah wal-Adab, a major ...
Pioneering female Sufi saint of Basra, celebrated for her doctrine of pure, selfless love of God.
...gesis, the contributions of Sibawayh and al-Khalil, and the Basran-Kufan schools.
...for his eloquence, piety, and scholarship, whose circles in Basra produced some of Islam's greatest scholars.