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.
At a glance
- Roles
- writer · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Contemporary Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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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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islam.museum contributors. “Munir al-Baalbaki”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/munir-al-baalbaki/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.