Ibn al-Khurasani Abu al-Izz Muhammad ibn Muhammad

ابن الخراساني أبو العز محمد بن محمد

1100 CE · 494 AH – 1180 CE · 576 AH

Grammarian, prosodist, poet and writer; born 494 AH (1100 CE) and died 576 AH (1180 CE); sources record only some of his teachers.

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Scholar · writer
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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Abu al-Izz Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Mawahib, known as Ibn al-Khurasani, a grammarian, prosodist, poet and writer. The Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' says that he was born in 494 AH (1100 CE) and died in 576 AH (1180 CE). 1

The sources mention only some of his teachers. The rest needs an additional source.

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Sources

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