Abu Musa al-Jazuli
Abu Musa al-Jazuli | |
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| Born | 1146 AD (540 AH) |
| Died | 1211 AD (607 AH) Azemmour, Morocco |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Ibn Barrī, al-Bukhārī |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Al-Qānūn, also known as Al-Muqaddima al-Jazūlīyya |
| Influenced | Ibn Mu‘ṭī al-Zawāwī, Abū ‘Alī al-Shalūbīnī Talib Mir |
Abu Musa al-Jazuli (Arabic: أبو موسى الجزولي; full name: Īsā ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz ibn Yalalbakht ibn Īsā ibn Yūmārīlī al-Barbarī al-Marākeshī al-Yazadaktnī al-‘Alāmah; عيسى بن عبد العزيز بن يللبخت بن عيسى بن يوماريلي البربري المراكشي البزدكتني العلامة أبو موسى الجزولي), was a Moroccan philologist and grammarian, who produced an encyclopaedia called Al-Qānūn, or Al-Muqaddima of al-Jazūlī. Many scholars wrote tafsir (literary critiques) or sharḥ (commentaries), and it was incorporated in many grammars. Nevertheless, its opacity challenged the best language scholars. Al-Jazūlī was the first to introduce Al-Ṣiḥāḥ fī al-lughah (الصحاح تاج اللغة وصحاح العربية) of al-Jawhari to the Maghreb, and he makes many references to this and other works in his Muqaddima.