al-Hariri

Abu Muhammad al-Qasim ibn Ali al-Hariri was born in 1054 near Basra, under the Abbasid caliphate. A specialist in the Arabic language, literature and grammar, he also held a post in the administration, apparently that of an informant. He wrote a long poem on grammar, Mulhat al-irab, on which he wrote his own commentary, and a book on errors of language, Durrat al-ghawwas, but his Maqamat remain his best-known work. He died in Basra in 1122.

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