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Identification
Ḫalīl b. Aḥmad Abū ʻAbd al-Raḥmān b. Aḥmad al-Baṣrī al-Farahidī al-Azdī
خليل أبو عبد الرحمن بن أحمد البصري الفرهدي الأزدي
Dates
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Death
Expressed
The date of death is uncertain.
Biographic comments
Adīb and grammarian. He was the disciple of of Abū ʻAmr b. ʻAlā' and master of Sībawayh. He was the first who attempted to codify Arabic prosody in a coherent system.
Additional information
References
Bibliographical references
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, II Edition: IV, 962-64 on page IV, 962-64