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Al-Asmaʿi

740 - 828

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Al-Asmaʿi (أبو سعيد عبد الملك ابن قريب الأصمعي, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Aṣmaʿī ; c. 740–828/833), or Asmai was an Arab philologist and one of three leading Arabic grammarians of the Basra school. At the court of the Abbasid caliph, Hārūn al-Rashīd, as polymath and prolific author on philology, poetry, genealogy, and natural science, he pioneered zoology studies in animal-human anatomical science. He compiled an important poetry anthology, the Asma'iyyat, and was credited with composing an epic on the life of Antarah ibn Shaddad. A protégé of Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi and Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala', he was a contemporary and rival of Abū ʿUbaidah and Sibawayhi also of the Basran school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Asmaʿi is the 3,055th most popular writer (down from 2,546th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 231st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among writers, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 3,055 out of 7,302. Before him are Àngel Guimerà, Louis of Granada, Sigurd Hoel, Tim Krabbé, Wu Jingzi, and Alda Merini. After him are Bronisława Wajs, Charlotte Smith, Jules Barbier, Juan Ruiz, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Maksim Bahdanovič.

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Among people born in 740, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 5. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Kamalaśīla, and Mashallah ibn Athari. After him are Vineh of Bulgaria, Angilbert, and Adalgis. Among people deceased in 828, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 3. Before him are Nikephoros I of Constantinople, and Asad ibn al-Furat. After him is Idris II of Morocco.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 255 out of 384. Before him are Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man (500), Muqtada al-Sadr (1974), Ikunum (-1900), Mashallah ibn Athari (740), Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945), and Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830). After him are Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Enlil-nirari (-1400), Ashur-resh-ishi I (-1200), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), and Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 19. Before him are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Aphrahat (280), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Al-Farazdaq (641), and Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830). After him are Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Jacob of Serugh (451), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), and Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923).

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