Ibn Hisham Al-Ansari (708 AH – 761 AH) (1309 CE – 1360 CE) was an Egyptian scholar of

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Biography

''Ibn Hisham Al-Ansari'' was born in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...

Dhu al-Qadah Dhu al-Qa'dah ( ar, ذُو ٱلْقَعْدَة, ', ), also spelled Dhu al-Qi'dah or Zu al-Qa'dah, is the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It could possibly mean "possessor or owner of the sitting and seating place" - the space occupied w ...

, in the year of 708 AH, corresponding to the year 1309 CE. He grew up loving science and scholars, taking many of them away as he needed some of the literati and the virtuous.

Books

This linguist has written several books, including: * ''Qatr al-Nada'' *''

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Death

''Ibn Hisham'' died on a Friday night on the fifth of

in the year 761 AH, corresponding to the year 1360 CE.

References

14th-century Egyptian people Arab grammarians Writers from Cairo Grammarians of Arabic Medieval grammarians of Arabic Linguists from Egypt 1309 births 1360 deaths {{linguist-stub