Ibn Manzur

Ibn Manẓūr
Arabic: إبن منظور
Personal life
BornJune/July 1233
DiedDecember 1311/ January 1312
(aged 78)
RegionNorth Africa
Notable work(s)Lisān al-ʿArab
OccupationScholar, Lexicographer, Judge in Tripoli, Libya and Egypt
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceMaliki
CreedAsh'ari
Muslim leader
Influenced

Muhammad ibn Mukarram ibn Alī ibn Ahmad ibn Manzūr al-Ansārī al-Ifrīqī al-Misrī al-Khazrajī (Arabic: محمد بن مكرم بن علي بن أحمد بن منظور الأنصاري الإفريقي المصري الخزرجي) also known as Ibn Manẓūr (Arabic: إبن منظور) (June–July 1233 – December 1311/January 1312) was an Arab lexicographer of the Arabic language and author of a large dictionary, Lisan al-ʿArab (لسان العرب; lit.'The Tongue of the Arabs')