Ibn Durustawayh
Grammarian of Arabic language and lexicographer of Persian origin
About Ibn Durustawayh
Lived 872 – 958 (aged 85–86). Ibn Durustawayh was a lexicographer.
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallāh ibn Jaʿfar (ibn Muḥammad) ibn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-Fārisī al-Fasawī al-Naḥwī, best known as Ibn Durustawayh (872 – May 958), was a Persian grammarian, lexicographer and student of the Quran and hadith. He was born in the Persian town of Fasa to Jaʿfar b. Durustawayh (died ), and died in Baghdad.
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Who was Ibn Durustawayh?
grammarian of Arabic language and lexicographer of Persian origin
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Ibn Durustawayh was born in 872 in Fasa.
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Ibn Durustawayh died in 958 in Baghdad.
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Ibn Durustawayh was a lexicographer.
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