Akhbar Abi al-Qasim al-Zajjaji
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- 337 AH
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- Akhbar Abi al-Qasim al-Zajjaji
Akhbar Abi al-Qasim al-Zajjaji (Reports of Abu al-Qasim al-Zajjaji) is a collection of Arabic philological and literary transmissions by the grammarian Abu al-Qasim al-Zajjaji (d. 337 AH / 949 CE) .
Background and Content
The author, Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq al-Baghdadi al-Nahawandi al-Zajjaji, was a prominent grammarian and student of Abu Ishaq al-Zajjaj (d. 311 AH / 923 CE), from whom he acquired his nisba . Al-Zajjaji taught and dictated extensively in Damascus before passing away in Tiberias (d. 337 AH; variant dates include 339 AH and 340 AH) .
The work compiles literary reports (akhbar), linguistic traditions, grammatical observations, and scholarly sessions transmitted through his authorities, such as Ibn Durayd, Niftawayh, Abu Bakr ibn al-Anbari, and Muhammad ibn al-Abbas al-Yazidi .
Manuscript and Publication
A manuscript of the work is preserved in the Reisülküttab library collection (MS 879/2, folios 14–90) . It was edited by Abd al-Husayn al-Mubarak under the title Akhbar Abi al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq al-Baghdadi al-Nahawandi al-Zajjaji and published in Baghdad by Dar al-Rashid in 1980 .
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