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" al-Azharī, Abū Manṣūr - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Seidensticker, Tilman
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English
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1060015
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ALei412
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Seidensticker, Tilman
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al-Azharī, Abū Manṣūr - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Seidensticker, Tilman
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(360 words)
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Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Azharī (282–370/895–980) was an Arab lexicographer. Born in Herat, he was a pupil there of his compatriot al-Mundhirī (d. 329/941; on him, see GAS 8:194–5). As a young man, he went to Baghdad, where he met the famous grammarian al-Zajjāj (d. 311/923). In 312/924, when he was returning from Mecca, the Qarāmiṭa, led by Abū Ṭāhir al-Jannābī, attacked the pilgrimage caravan. While many of the travellers were massacred, al-Azharī was taken prisoner
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Islam.
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ALei412.pdf
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