Ibn Khalawayh

Ibn Khalawayh (ابن خالويه; full name Abu `Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Khalawayh (born in Hamadan, iran - d. AH 370 / AD 980/1) was a 10th-century Arab[1] scholar of Arabic grammar and Quranic exegesis. He was active at the court of Sayf al-Dawla, the Hamdanid ruler of Syria, at Aleppo.

Ibn Khalawayh was a famous scholar during his lifetime, and assembled a circle of disciples in regular literary reunions. He was active in the period of hectic philological activity towards a canonical text of the Qur'an. His grammatical opinions were eclectic, in between the major opposition between the grammatical schools of Basra and Kufa.

Citations

Donzel, E. J. Van (1994-01-01). Islamic Desk Reference. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-09738-4.

References

H. A. R. Gibb (ed.), The Encyclopaedia of Islam
W. C. Brice, An Historical atlas of Islam, 1981,
David Larsen, introduction to Ibn Khalawayh's Names of the Lion (Wave Books, 2017), vii-xiv.

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[1] Donzel, E. J. Van (1994-01-01). Islamic Desk Reference. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-09738-4.