Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur
Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr was a Persian linguist and poet of Arabic language. He was born in Baghdad. Tayfur was his father's name who was from Khorasan, Persia. He played an important role in the Arabic literary revolution. Ibn Abi Tahir Tayfur was the first writer who devoted a book to writers. He was buried in Bab al-Sham cemetery, where people of note were buried.
Works
- Kitab al-Manthur wa al-Manzum, in three volumes. This book is the first attested multi-author anthology of prose writing and poetry epistles.
- Kitab Baghdad, 6 volumes, but only one survived.
- Balaghat al-Nisa'.
- Kitab Sariqat Abi Tammama
- Al-Mushtaq. This, along with the romantic literature of Muhammad bin Dawud al-Zahiri and Ibn Qutaybah, were considered by lexicographer Ibn Duraid to be the three most important works for those who wished to speak and write eloquently.