Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, Founder of Arabic lexicography: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarFounder of Arabic lexicography

Al-Khalil ibn Ahmadالخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي

c. 718-786 CE (d. 170 AH)Approximate dateBasra

A Basran from Oman who wrote the first Arabic dictionary and mapped the metres of Arabic poetry.

He arranged Kitab al-Ayn by the sounds of the letters, from the throat to the lips, and worked out the metres of Arabic verse. He also replaced the old coloured dots with the vowel marks still used in the Quran today: fatha, damma and kasra.

What grew out of it?

Every mushaf printed today carries his vowel signs.

Who else is linked?

Basra Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali Sibawayh Abbasid Caliphate

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Saffah Marwan ibn Muhammad Yazid ibn al-Walid Ibrahim ibn al-Walid Al-Walid ibn Yazid Al-Mansur Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Abd al-Rahman I

Source: history · Wikipedia

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