Al-Akhfash al-Asghar (849–927)

Born 849 CE, died 927 CE.

Abū al-Maḥāsin Alī ibn Sulaymān ibn al-Faḍl, known as al-Akhfash al-Aṣghar (الأخفش الأصغر) (“the Younger Akhfash”) (849-927) was a Grammarian, lexicographer, and scholar of Arabic language. One of his works is al-Ikhtiyārayn (الاختيارين), which has been edited and published in a modern edition.

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