Abul-Abbas Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Abd al-Akbar, known as Al-Mubarrad ( Basra , 826 - Baghdad , 898 ) - one of the brightest representatives basriyskoy school grammar , the linguist , master of eloquence, a connoisseur of the Arabic language , the author of a complete book on Arab linguistics - the book "al-Kamil . "
| Abul-Abbas Muhammad ibn Yazid | |
|---|---|
| English بو العباس محمد ابن يزيد | |
| Aliases | Al Mubarrad |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Basra |
| Date of death | or |
| Place of death | Baghdad |
| Occupation | Linguistics |
| Language of Works | Arabic |
Biography
Al-Mubarrad was born in Basra in 826 . He studied with the most prominent scientists of that time in his hometown and in Kufa . His long-standing controversy with the "envious" of Kufa - Tallab - resulted in the traditional rivalry between the Basrian and Kufi grammar schools.
Most of the writings of al-Mubarrada are related to the heritage of the famous Sibaveihi . Critical remarks about the " Book " of Sibaveihi were mostly unfounded, and al-Mubarrad himself said:
None of the sciences have such a book. Whoever owns it can do without other [grammatical] works.
- Flugel Die grammatischen Schulen, s. 94—95
Thanks to the exemplary scientific apparatus in the form of an extensive library and staff of secretaries, al-Mubarrad was able to attract a huge mass of philological material for his works. Al-Mubarrad died, surrounded by universal honor in the year 898 in Baghdad .
Bibliography
The main work of al-Mubarrada is the book about the classical Arabic language “ al-Kamil ” (“Full”), which was often quoted and commented on by late grammatists. Being an outstanding achievement of Arabic philology, it contains flaws typical for the authors of that period - the book does not pay attention to the systematic presentation of the material and it contains a jumble of proverbs, short stories, poems, etc. At the beginning of one of the chapters, al-Mubarrad writes:
In this chapter, we mention a little of everything, in order to protect the reader from boredom with a quick change and to mix some serious jokes with the serious, while giving the soul and heart the opportunity to rest.
- The Kamil of El-Mubarrad
Notes
Literature
- V. A. Zvegintsev. History of Arabic linguistics. Short essay. - 3rd, stereotypical. - Moscow: ComBook, 2007. - p. 50-53. - 80 s. - ISBN 978-5-484-00897-1 .
- al-Mubarrad - article from the British Encyclopedia