Abū ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAlāʾ

Arab philologist

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In al-Aṣmaʿī
A gifted student of Abū ʿAmr ibn al-ʿAlāʾ, the founder of the Basra school, al-Aṣmaʿī joined the court of the ʿAbbāsid caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd in Baghdad. Renowned for his piety and plain living, he was a tutor to the caliph’s sons (the future caliphs al-Amīn and al-Maʾmūn) and a…
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