Isa Ibn Umar Al Thaqafi

Isa ibn Umar al-Thaqafi al-Basri, one of the early grammarians of Basra. He is not Isa ibn Umar al-Hamdani al-Kufi. ²

He took from Abdallah ibn Abi Ishaq al-Hadrami, and al-Khalil ibn Ahmad took from him. He was blind, and Ibn al-Nadim counts him among the readers of Basra. He died in 149 AH. ²

He wrote al-Jami' (The Compendium) and al-Mukammal (The Completed). Ibn al-Nadim says that both were lost long ago, and that no one who had seen them has reached anyone. ²