Al-Kisa'i
8th-century founder of Kufi school of Arabic grammar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the scholar of c. 1100 CE, see Muḥammad al-Kisāʾī.
Not to be confused with Kisai Marvazi.
Al-Kisā’ī (الكسائي) Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn Ḥamzah ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Uthman (أبو الحسن على بن حمزة بن عبد الله بن عثمان), called Bahman ibn Fīrūz (بهمن بن فيروز),[2] surnamed Abū ‘Abd Allāh (أبو عبد الله), and Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn Hamzah of al-Kūfah ( d. ca. 804 or 812) was preceptor to the sons of caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd and one of the ‘Seven Readers’ of the seven canonical Qira'at.[3][4][n 1][5][6] He founded the Kufi school of Arabic grammar, the rival philology school to the Basri school founded by Sibawayh.
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Al-Kisā’ī (الكسائي) | |
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Born | |
Died | 804 |
Other names | Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn Ḥamzah ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Uthman, (أبو الحسن على بن حمزة بن عبد الله بن عثمان); Bahman ibn Fīrūz (بهمن بن فيروز); Abū ‘Abd Allāh (أبو عبد الله). |
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Influences | Al-Ru’āsī, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Yunus ibn Habib, et al.[1] |
Academic work | |
Era | Abbāsid Caliphate |
School or tradition | Grammarians of Kufa |
Main interests | philology, Arabic language, Bedouin poetry, idioms Quran |
Influenced | Hisham ibn Muawiyah and Al-Farrā' |
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