Abu Mansur al-Jawaliqi

Abū Manṣūr Mauhūb al-Jawālīqī (April 1074–17 July 1144) was an Arab grammarian born in Baghdād, where he studied philology under Khātib al-Tibrizī (1030 – 1109) and became famous for his handwriting. In his later years he acted as Imam to the 12th century Abbāsid caliph Al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah.

Works Kitāb al-Mu'arrab , (tr. 'Explanation of Foreign Words used in Arabic'). His chief work; published as edited text from an incomplete manuscript by Eduard Sachau (Leipzig, 1867). Many of the lacunae in this have been supplied from another manuscript by W. Spitta in the Journal of the German Oriental Society, xxxiii. 208 sqq. Al-Jawālīqī's Supplement to the Durrat ul-Ghawwas of Al-Hariri of Basra; published as Le Livre des locutions vicieuses, Arabic text with French introduction and notes by Hartwig Derenbourg, Morgenländische Forschungen (Leipzig, 1875), pp. 107–166.