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Zamakhshari, scholar and geographer.
al-Zamakhshari (1074 - 1143 or 1075-1144) was a medieval Persian Hanafi scholar with Mu'tazilite theological influences.
Name
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari also called Jar Allah (Arabic for "God's neighbour")
Biography
Born in Zamakhshar, Khwarezmia, Persia and became a renowned scholar of the Mutazilite school of Islam. Briticana 1911 says: Although he used Persian for some of his works he was a strong supporter of the superiority of the Arabic language and an opponent of the Shu`ubite movement.
He is best known for Al-Kashaf, a seminal commentary on the Koran.
For many years he stayed in Mecca, for which he became known as Jar-illah ("God's neighbour"). He later returned to Khwarizm, where he died at the capital Jurjaniyya.
He died in 1144 at al-Jurjaniya, Khwarezm.
He studied at Bukhara and Samarkand while enjoying the fellowship of jurists of Baghdad.
Works
Zamakhshari's fame as a commentator rests upon his commentary on the Qur'an. In spite of its Mu'tazili theology it was famous among scholars.
Works include:
Al-Kashaf ("the Revealer", Arabic: کشاف ) — A tafsir of the Qur'an)
Rabi al-Abrar
Asasul-Balaghat dar-Lughat (Arabic:اساس البلاغه) — Literature
Fasul-ul-Akhbar
Fraiz Dar-ilm Fariz
Kitab-Fastdar-Nahr
Muajjam-ul-Hadud
Manha Darusul
Diwan-ul-Tamsil
Sawaer-ul-Islam
Muqaddimat al-Adab
کتاب الامکنه والجبال والمیاه (Geography)
مقدمه الادب (Arabic to Persian dictionary)
مفصل انموذج (Nahw: Arabic grammar)
and more
Source: wikipedia.org
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