Ibn Malik

Ibn Mālik, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Djamāl Al-Dīn Muhammad ( _ar. ابن مالك، محمد بن عبد الله) (c. 600 AH - 672 AH / c. 1204 - 22 February, 1274) was an Arab grammarian born in Jaen, Spain. After leaving Spain for the Near East, he became a Shāfi‘ī, and taught Arabic language and literature in Aleppo and Hamāt, before eventually settled in Damascus, where he began the most productive period of his life. He was a senior master at the Adiliyya Madrasa. His reputation in Arabic literature was cemented by his "al-Khulāsa al-alfiyya" (known also as simply "Alfiyya"), a versification of Arabic grammar, for which at least 43 commentaries have been written.

References

Fleisch, H. "Ibn Mālik" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. CD-ROM Edition v 1.0. (Leiden: Brill, 1999).

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Persondata
NAME = Ibn Malik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Ibn Mālik, Abū ʻAbd Allāh Djamāl Al-Dīn Muhammad
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Arab grammarian
DATE OF BIRTH = 1204
PLACE OF BIRTH = Jaen, Spain
DATE OF DEATH = 22 February, 1274
PLACE OF DEATH = Damascus, Syria