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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

Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.

  • Baghdad
Death or burial
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  • Kufa, Basra and Baghdad

    Residences

  • Kufa

    Birth place

Citations

References

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