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Al-Fasi
Al-Fassi or Al-Fasi is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Imam Fassi ( 1760 CE – c. 1863 CE), Moroccan imam **al-Fassi family, constituting the Fassiyatush Shadhiliyya Sufi order *Abbas El Fassi (born 1940), Moroccan politician *Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680), Moroccan writer *Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi (1631–1685), Moroccan writer *Abu Imran al-Fasi (974–1015), Moroccan writer *Abu l-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi ( 1530 – 1604), Moroccan theologian *Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837), Moroccan theologian * Ahmad Zarruq al-Barnusi al-Fasi (1442–1493), Moroccan scholar and writer * Al-Hassan al-Wazzan al-Fasi or Leo Africanus ( 1494 – c. 1554), Moroccan geographer *Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974), Moroccan politician, writer, poet and Islamic scholar * Asia Alfasi (born 1984), Libyan-British comic writer and artist *David ben Abraham al-Fasi (died before 1026 CE), lexicographer * Eric Alfasi (born 1970), Israeli basketball player and coach *Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ben Abraham Al-Fasi
David ben Abraham al-Fasi ( he, דוד בן אברהם אלפאסי) was a medieval Jewish, Moroccan lexicographer and grammarian from Fez, living in the second half of the 10th century (died before 1026 CE), who eventually settled in the Land of Israel where he is believed to have composed his magnum opus. He belonged to the sect of the Karaites, and displayed skills as a grammarian and commentator. Al-Fasi was the author of ''Kitāb Jāmiʿ al-Alfāẓ'' ("The Book of Collected Meanings"), one of the earliest known Judeo-Arabic Dictionaries, a work which defines words in the Hebrew Bible. It is the first dictionary of biblical Hebrew. He classifies the roots according to the number of their letters, as did the grammarians prior to Judah Hayyūj. Method of elucidation Scholars have pointed out that David ben Abraham al-Fasi, in all the controversies between the Rabbanites (''rabbanim'') and the Karaites (''maskilim''), invariably sides with the latter, often criticizing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |