Abu Ali al-Farisi
Abū 'Ali al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ghaffār al-Fārisī | |
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| Born | 901 |
| Died | August 16, 987 (aged 85–86) |
| Other names | Abū Alī al-Ḥasan Aḥmad Abd al-Ghaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abān al-Fārisī; and Abū Alī 'l-Fasawi |
| Years active | Hammadids, Buyids and Abbasids |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Grammarian |
| School or tradition | School of al-Baṣrah |
Abū 'Alī al-Fārisī (Arabic: أبو علي الفارسي); surnamed Abū Alī al Ḥasan Aḥmad Abd al-Ghaffār Ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaimān ibn Abān al-Fārisī (c. 901 – 987) ; was a leading grammarian of the school of al-Baṣrah of mixed Arab and Iranian heritage. He lived in Baghdād and later served at the courts of Sayf al-Dawla at Aleppo and 'Aḍud al-Dawlah at Shiraz. His nephew was Abi al-Hussein Muhammad Bin al-Hassan Bin Abd al-Wareth al-Faressi al-Nawawi, who instructed the celebrated theorist al-Jurjānī on al-Fārisī's grammatical treatise, the Idah.