ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi

E858187

ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi was a renowned 8th–9th century Arab philologist, grammarian, and scholar of poetry and Bedouin Arabic, associated with the Abbasid court in Baghdad.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid-era scholar
Arab philologist
Kūfan scholar
grammarian
lexicographer
scholar of Arabic poetry
activeIn 8th century
9th century
associatedWith Abbasid Caliphate
Abbasid court in Baghdad
birthPlace Basra
Iraq
contributedTo codification of classical Arabic
preservation of Bedouin oral traditions
deathPlace Basra
Iraq
field Arabic poetry studies
grammar
lexicography
philology
zoology
fullName ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi
knownFor collection of Bedouin poetry
expertise in Bedouin Arabic
purity of Arabic language
transmission of pre-Islamic poetry
works on Arabic lexicography
works on camels and horses
works on zoology
language Arabic
name al-Asmaʿi
linked to: Al-Asmaʿi
notableWork Kitāb al-Ibil (Book of Camels)
Kitāb al-Khayl (Book of Horses)
linked to: Kitāb al-Khayl

Kitāb al-Nabāt (Book of Plants)
linked to: Kitāb al-Nabāt

Kitāb al-Wuḥūsh (Book of Wild Animals)
linked to: Kitāb al-Khayl
occupation court scholar
grammarian
philologist
poetry scholar
patron Abbasid princes
linked to: Banu Abbas

Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd
linked to: Harun al-Rashid
religion Islam
studied Arabic grammar
Arabic lexicography
Arabic poetry
teacherOf Hārūn al-Rashīd
linked to: Harun al-Rashid

al-Amīn
linked to: al-Amin
tradition Basran school of grammar

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Asmaʿi fullName ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi
ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi fullName ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi
Kitāb al-Wuḥūsh traditionalAuthor Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿī
linked to: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi
Kitāb al-Ashribah attributedTo Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿī
linked to: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Asmaʿi