About Ibn-al-Anbārī
Lived 885 – 940 (aged 54–55). Ibn-al-Anbārī was a linguist, philologist and muhaddith.
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Bashār al-Anbārī (885–940 AD), also known simply as Ibn al-Anbari , was a well known Arab philologist and grammarian of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Life He was born in Baghdad, where he spent most of his life. According to Hatim Salih al-Damin in his book al-Zāhir fī maʿānī kalimāt al-nās , Ibn Al-Anbari received education from many teachers including his father Abu Muhammad al-Anbari(d. 916/917), Abu al-ʽAbbas Thaʽlab (d. 904) and Ibn Duraid (d. 953).
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Arab philologist and grammarian
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Ibn-al-Anbārī was born in 885.
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Ibn-al-Anbārī died in 940.
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Ibn-al-Anbārī was a linguist, philologist and muhaddith.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ibn-al-Anbārī. https://biography.guide/ibn-al-anbari/
MLA: "Ibn-al-Anbārī." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ibn-al-anbari/.
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