Firuzabadi
al-Firuzabadi الفيروزآبادي | |
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Folio from a 16th-century manuscript of the Al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage | |
| Title | Majd al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1329 CE |
| Died | 1414 (aged 84–85) |
| Era | Middle Ages |
| Region | Middle East |
| Main interest(s) | Lexicography, Linguistic, Arabic grammar, Philology, Arabic literature, Hadith, History, Islamic jurisprudence, Poetry |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Qamus al-Muhit |
| Occupation | Polymath, Lexicographer, Linguist, Traditionist, Litterateur, Historian |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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Firuzabadi (Persian: فيروزآبادي lit. 'from Firuzabad'; 1329–1414), whose proper name was Abu 'l-Ṭāhir Muḥammad ib Yaʿqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Majd al-Dīn al-Shāfiʿī al-Shīrāzī (Persian: فیروزآبادی), was a Persian Sunni Muslim polymath. He excelled in hadith, grammar, philology, history, literature, poetry and Islamic jurisprudence. He was a revered narrator and preserver of Prophetic traditions. Regarded as a major linguist and one of the prominent scholars of the 15th century. He was one of the leading lexicographers in the medieval Islamic world. He was the compiler of Al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ "The Encompassing Ōkeanós", a comprehensive Arabic dictionary which, for nearly five centuries, was one of the most widely used.