Ibn Durayd
ابن دريد أبو بكر
933 CE · 321 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Durayd — poet and philologist who died at Baghdad in 321 in al-Qahir's reign; al-Mas'udi ranks him successor to al-Khalil in language and cites his muqassura in praise of al-Shah ibn Mikal 1.
At a glance
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Durayd, a poet and philologist who died in Baghdad in the caliphate of al-Qahir in 321 AH. Al-Mas'udi says that in his time he excelled in poetry and reached the summit of philology. 2
On language and poetry
Al-Mas'udi says that he stood in the field of language in the place of al-Khalil ibn Ahmad, and put forward things not found in the books of earlier scholars. Among his fine poems is the Maqsura, in which he praised Shah ibn Mikal, and a number of poets answered it. 2
He wrote a separate book gathering the words of the Prophet ﷺ and a summary of his sayings, which he called al-Mujtaba. 3
Birth and books
He was born in Basra in the Salih quarter in 223 AH, and Ibn al-Nadim says that after his death his books went to Fars. 4
He is credited with Amali Ibn Durayd (dictations). 5
Connections
- Authored
- أمالي ابن دريد
People and things also explored
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 673-674
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.673-674
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.594
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.178
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.)
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