Abu al-Khaṭṭāb ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʻAbd al-Majīd ( Arabic: أبو الخطاب عبد الحميد بن عبد المجيد; died 177 AH/793 CE), [1] commonly known as Al-Akhfash al-Akbar ( Arabic: الأخفش الأكبر) was an Arab [2] grammarian who lived in Basra and associated with the method of Arabic grammar of its linguists, and was a client of the Qais tribe. [3]
His most notable students were: Sibawayh, [4] [5] [6] Yunus ibn Habib, [5] [7] Abu ʿUbaidah, Abu Zayd al-Ansari and Al-Asma'i. Al-Akhfash revised his student Sibawayh's famous Kitab, the first book ever written on Arabic grammar, and was responsible for circulating the first manuscripts after his student's untimely death. [8] Al-Akhfash was also one of the first linguists to contribute significantly to commentary and analysis of Arabic poetry. [3] Additionally, he contributed to Arabic philology as well as lexicography, recording vocabulary and expressions of the Bedouin tribes which had not previously been recorded. [9]
Abu al-Khaṭṭāb ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʻAbd al-Majīd ( Arabic: أبو الخطاب عبد الحميد بن عبد المجيد; died 177 AH/793 CE), [1] commonly known as Al-Akhfash al-Akbar ( Arabic: الأخفش الأكبر) was an Arab [2] grammarian who lived in Basra and associated with the method of Arabic grammar of its linguists, and was a client of the Qais tribe. [3]
His most notable students were: Sibawayh, [4] [5] [6] Yunus ibn Habib, [5] [7] Abu ʿUbaidah, Abu Zayd al-Ansari and Al-Asma'i. Al-Akhfash revised his student Sibawayh's famous Kitab, the first book ever written on Arabic grammar, and was responsible for circulating the first manuscripts after his student's untimely death. [8] Al-Akhfash was also one of the first linguists to contribute significantly to commentary and analysis of Arabic poetry. [3] Additionally, he contributed to Arabic philology as well as lexicography, recording vocabulary and expressions of the Bedouin tribes which had not previously been recorded. [9]