Al-Jurayri, al-Mu'afa ibn Zakariyya

الجريري المعافى بن زكريا

917 CE · 305 AH – 1000 CE · 390 AH

A scholar from Nahrawan, known as al-Jurayri and Ibn Tarar, who wrote on language and hadith.

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At a glance

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

900925950975100010251050 c. c.
Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era Contemporaries: القاضي أبو بكر ابن الدقاق البغدادي · أبو بكر ابن لال الهمداني · Ibn Batta al-Ukbari, Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad · Al-Bayakandi, Ahmad ibn Ali · Abu al-Faraj al-Makhzumi

Scripture and its sciencesLinguistics

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

أبو الفرج المعافى بن زكريا بن يحيى بن حميد النهرواني، المعروف بالجريري وبابن طرار، عالم من نهروان. له تأليف في اللغة والحديث. ولد سنة 305هـ (917م) وتوفي سنة 390هـ (1000م). 1

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People and things also explored

Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· Ahmad al-Hamlawi· Al-Ansari al-Saraqusti, Isma'il ibn Khalaf· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira

Sources

  1. 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-Jurayri, al-Mu'afa ibn Zakariyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jurayri-al-maafa-ibn-zakariyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.

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