al-Basri Abu al-Qasim Ali ibn Hamza
البصري أبو القاسم علي بن حمزة
985 CE · 375 AH
Lexicographer, man of letters and critic of Basra who stayed for a time in Baghdad, where al-Mutanabbi lodged at his house; died 375 AH (985 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
أبو القاسم علي بن حمزة البصري لغوي وأديب وناقد من أهل البصرة. أقام ببغداد مدة، ونزل المتنبي في داره حين قدم بغداد. توفي سنة 375هـ (985م). 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Basri Abu al-Qasim Ali ibn Hamza”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-basri-abu-al-qasim-ali-ibn-hamza/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.