Ibn Malik (1203-1274) was an Andalusian grammarian, philologist and linguist, born in Jaen in what is now Spain and remembered chiefly for his didactic poem the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik, which became one of the most studied works in the Arabic grammatical tradition and drew more than forty commentaries and glosses from later scholars. The Alfiyya is a versified grammar of roughly 1,000 lines in the rajaz metre, summarizing the rules of Arabic syntax and morphology in a form designed to be memorized. Ibn Malik, who died in Damascus in 1274, also produced other grammatical works including the 3,000-verse al-Kafiya al-shafiya and the Tashil al-fawaid wa-takmil al-maqasid, establishing him as a foundational figure in medieval Arabic linguistic scholarship.
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RoleAndalusian grammarian, philologist, and linguist 1 Classification
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(600-672 AH / 1203-1274 CE), widely known as Ibn Mālik, was an Andalusian grammarian, philologist, and linguist.
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(600-672 AH / 1203-1274 CE), widely known as Ibn Mālik, was an Andalusian grammarian, philologist, and linguist.
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Ibn Mālik died in Damascus on Monday 21 February 1274 (12 Shaʿbān 672 AH).
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Ibn Mālik died in Damascus on Monday 21 February 1274 (12 Shaʿbān 672 AH).
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Ibn Malik (1203-1274) was an Andalusian grammarian, philologist and linguist, born in Jaen in what is now Spain and remembered chiefly for his didactic poem the Alfiyya of Ibn Malik, which became one of the most studied works in the Arabic grammatical tradition and drew more than forty commentaries and glosses from later scholars.
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