Ibn Maḍāʾ Al-Qurṭubī

Ibn Maḍāʾ Al-Qurṭubi (1120 – 1196) was a Muslim scholar from Córdoba in Al-Andalus. He served as qadi al-qudāt (head of jurists) under the Mohads. He was also versed in medicine, mathematics and geometry. He, recently, rose to attention as one of the first to launch attack on Arabic grammar theory calling for its reformation. Even though he was concerned with attacking all major schools of Arabic grammar, he was focused on Basri grammar, as it was the most popular school around him. [ Muhammad Abdukhaliq, [http://www.nizwa.com/volume3/p252_255.html Ibn Madāʾ Al-Qurṭubi, An attack on Mshriq schools to ease the burden of Grammar ابن مضاء القرطبي هجوم على مدارس المشرق لتخفيف أثقال النحو] , Accessed 2008-02-25]

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