Al-Ṭuwāl the Grammarian (), surnamed Abū ‘Abd Allāh (), or Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd Allāh (). Al-Ṭuwal the Grammarian was a ninth-century philologist of the
School of Kūfah.
Life
He was a disciple of
al-Kisā’ī and attended the lectures of
al-Aṣma’ī. He moved to Baghdād where Abū 'Umar al-Durī al-Muqrī () was his disciple ('hearer').
Abū al-Abbās Tha’lab () said he was a skillful analyst of Arabic grammar. No books of his are known. He died in 857-858 (243 AH).
See also
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List of Arab scientists and scholars
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
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9th-century linguists
9th-century philologists
9th-century scholars
Scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate
Arabic language
Grammarians of Arabic
Grammarians of Kufa
Philologists of Arabic