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Also Known As	Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Azdī ibn Durayd
Born	837 or 838 • Basra • Iraq
Died	August 13, 933 • Baghdad • Iraq
Subjects Of Study	Arabic language

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