Ibn Qutaybah (828–889)

Born 828 CE, died 889 CE.

Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī (Arabic: ابن قتيبة, romanized: Ibn Qutaybah; c. 828 – 13 November 889 CE/213 – 15 Rajab 276 AH), better known as Ibn Qutayba, was a Persian Islamic scholar. He served as a judge during the Abbasid Caliphate, but was prominent for his contributions to Arabic literature. He was an Athari theologian and polymath who wrote on diverse subjects, such as Qur'anic exegesis, hadith, theology, philosophy, law and jurisprudence, grammar, philology, history, astronomy, agriculture and botany.

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