Ibn Abi Bara

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, known as Ibn Abi Bara, from the town of al-Hadītha, a collector of books. Ibn al-Nadim says he had a library, the like of which he had not seen for abundance, holding a body of rare books on grammar, philology, literature and older writings. ²

Ibn al-Nadim describes him as reserved and stingy with what he had, and fearful of the Banu Hamdan. He brought out for Ibn al-Nadim a large chest holding about three hundred pounds of parchment (al-falajan, al-sakkal and paper). ²

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