ابن الجبراني
ابن الجبراني
c. 1166 CE · 561 AH – c. 1231 CE · 628 AH
Ibn al-Jubrani — the Aleppine philologist of Jubran Qurastaya who held the east maqsura of Aleppo's Jami', where Ibn Khallikan heard him discourse on the quadrisemy of waw-initial verbs; a master of Qur'anic sciences, language and grammar who, per Ibn al-Sha'ar, hoarded his hard-won fortune and left no famous pupil; died 7 Rajab 628, buried at Jabal Jawshan 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- adib · philologist
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
In space
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Overview
Ibn al-Jubrani, a man of letters and philology and teacher of al-Shihab al-Shawwa'. He is attributed to the village of Jubrin Qursatayya in the district of Azaz, and lived in Aleppo. Ibn Khallikan in Wafayat al-A'yan says that he was well versed in literature and that language predominated in him. 1
He had a teaching position in the great mosque of Aleppo, in the eastern enclosure. Ibn Khallikan heard him speak on the rule of the triliteral verbs that begin with a waw. Ibn Khallikan relays from Ibn al-Sha'ar that he knew the sciences of the Qur'an, language and grammar, and that he gathered wealth from which no one benefited. 1
He was born on 22 Shawwal 561 AH and died in Aleppo on 7 Rajab 628 AH, and was buried on the slope of Mount Jawshan. The Gregorian conversion is derived and approximate. 1
Connections
- Taught
- أبو المحاسن الشواء
- Lived in
- Aleppo
People and things also explored
أبو المحاسن الشواء· Aleppo· مناقلة حلب من الموصل إلى سنجار· ملك الروم مدينة حلب· ابن خلكان
Sources
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan, p. 237
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