Mufaḍḍal ibn Muḥammad al-Ḍabbī
Mufaḍḍal ibn Muḥammad al-Ḍabbī (718–794) was a philologist, linguist and genealogist.
Biography
Born at Kufa in 718, died in Baghdad in 794.
Training under 'Asim Koofi is recorded. Harun al-Rashid is recorded as having studied under Mufaḍḍal ibn Muḥammad al-Ḍabbī. The recorded working language is Arabic.
Residence is recorded at Kufa and Basra.
Works named in the authority record are Mufaddaliyat and amṯāl al-ʿrb.
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Places
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- Baghdad
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Kufa, Basra and Baghdad
Residences
Kufa
Birth place
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