Munir al-Baalbaki

منير البعلبكي

1918 CE · 1337 AH – 1999 CE · 1420 AH

From a prominent Beirut family, and one of the best-known Arabic lexicographers of the twentieth century.

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At a glance

Roles
writer · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Contemporary Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Rahman Badawi · Al-Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din · Ibn Baz, Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah · Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali · Taha Baqir

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Place in the story

  • ScholarTradition

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People and things also explored

Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi· Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, Zalim ibn Amr· Tha'lab, Ahmad ibn Yahya· Al-Akhfash al-Asghar, Ali ibn Sulayman· Al-Akhfash al-Awsat, Sa'id ibn Mas'ada· Al-Akwa', Muhammad ibn Ali· Al-Anbari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad· Al-Ansari al-Saraqusti, Isma'il ibn Khalaf

Sources

  • Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi

Born in Baghdad, he was drawn to literature and the study of Arabic from childhood. He wrote Khizanat al-Adab.