About Ibn al-Qabisi
Lived 1163 – 1235 (aged 71–72). Ibn al-Qabisi was a linguist, teacher and poet.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abi al-Wafa ibn Ahmad al-Adawi al-Mawsili, known briefly as Ibn al-Qabaisi (1163–1235), was an Iraqi linguist and poet.
Biography al-Qabisi was born in Qabaisa a village in Mosul in a family from Isfahan. He studied Arabic grammar under Makki ibn Zabban, and hadith and Qur'an from Nasrallah al-Wasiti. He was taught for a while in Erbil. He was known for his skills in Arabic linguistics. He died in Aleppo and buried there. Wrote three preludes on Arabic grammar, Morphology and arithmetic, also Al-Tatimat fi al-Tasrif and Al-Hadi fi al-I'irab 'Ila Turuq al-Sawab.
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Who was Ibn al-Qabisi?
Iraqi linguist and poet
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Ibn al-Qabisi was born in 1163 in Mosul.
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Ibn al-Qabisi died in 1235 in Aleppo.
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Ibn al-Qabisi was a linguist, teacher and poet.
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