Ibn Sidah
Ibn Sidah ابن سيده | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1007 Murcia, Caliphate of Córdoba, Andalusia, now Spain |
| Died | 26 March 1066 (25 RabīʿII 458), aged 59 |
| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Region | Iberian Peninsula |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Muḥkam wa-al-muḥīt al-aʻẓam |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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Abū’l-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn Ismāʻīl (أبو الحسن على بن اسماعيل), known as Ibn Sīdah (ابن سيده), or Ibn Sīdah'l-Mursī (ابن سيده المرسي), (c.1007-1066), was a linguist, philologist and lexicographer of Classical Arabic from Andalusia. He compiled the encyclopedia al-Kitāb al-Mukhaṣṣaṣ (المخصص) (Book of Customs) and the Arabic-language dictionary Al-Muḥkam wa-al-muḥīt al-aʻẓam (المحكم والمحيط الأعظم) ("the great and comprehensive arbiter"). His contributions to language, literature, and logic were considerable.