Ibn al-Anbari


Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Bashār al-Anbārī, also known simply as Ibn al-Anbari, was a well known Arab philologist and grammarian of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Life

He was born in Baghdad, where he spent most of his life. According to Hatim Salih al-Damin in his book al-Zāhir fī maʿānī kalimāt al-nās, Ibn Al-Anbari received education from many teachers including his father Abu Muhammad al-Anbari, Abu al-ʽAbbas Thaʽlab and Ibn Duraid.

Works

Among his works are the following:Sharh al-Qasai'd al-Saba' al-Tiwal al-Jahiliyyat