al-Jawaliqi Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn Ahmad

الجواليقي أبو منصور موهوب بن أحمد

1073 CE · 465 AH – 1145 CE · 540 AH

Baghdadi philologist and man of letters, born and raised in Baghdad, named after the Persian word jawaliq meaning justice; died 540 AH (1145 CE).

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Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

1025105010751100112511501175 c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: al-Azjani, Nasih al-Din · Ibn Khumays, al-Husayn ibn Nasr · الزمخشري · Qawwam al-Sunna, Isma'il ibn Muhammad · يوسف الهمذاني

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موجز

أبو منصور موهوب بن أحمد بن محمد الجواليقي البغدادي لغوي وأديب. ولد ببغداد سنة 465هـ (1073م) ونشأ بها، وتوفي سنة 540هـ (1145م). 1

النسبة

نُسب إلى «الجواليق»، وهي كلمة فارسية معناها العدل بحسب المصدر. 1

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi· Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· Ahmad Abd al-Sattar al-Jawari· Ahmad al-Hamlawi· Tha'lab, Ahmad ibn Yahya· al-Akhfash al-Akbar· Al-Akhfash al-Asghar, Ali ibn Sulayman· Al-Akhfash al-Awsat, Sa'id ibn Mas'ada

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “al-Jawaliqi Abu Mansur Mawhub ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jawaliqi-abu-mansur-mawhub-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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