Tamam ibn Ghalib

تمام بن غالب

1041 CE · 433 AH

An Andalusian philologist from Cordoba and Murcia. His nisba al-Tayyani may suggest a seller of tayyani cloth.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Abbasid Fragmentation · The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks Contemporaries: Al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad · Al-Baji, Abu al-Walid Sulayman ibn Khalaf · Al-Bakri, Abu Ubayd Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz · Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad · Al-Ifliili, Ibrahim ibn Muhammad

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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.