al-Zubaydī

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al-Zubaydī

Spanish Muslim grammarian

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From among these grammarians al-Zubaydī, tutor of Hishām II and Ibn Maḍāhʾ of Córdoba, who proposed a drastic reform of grammatical methods, stands out. Ibn Mālik of Jaén’s didactic poem Alfiyya (“The Thousand Verses”) constitutes an excellent handbook of grammar; and Abū Ḥayyān of Granada (died 1344), who emigrated…
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From among these grammarians al-Zubaydī, tutor of Hishām II and Ibn Maḍāhʾ of Córdoba, who proposed a drastic reform of grammatical methods, stands out. Ibn Mālik of Jaén’s didactic poem Alfiyya (“The Thousand Verses”) constitutes an excellent handbook of grammar; and Abū Ḥayyān of Granada (died 1344), who emigrated…
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