( 828 - 889 ), or '''Ibn Qutaybah''', was an Arab writer, born in Kufa . He was of Iran ian descent; his father was from Merv . Having studied tradition and Philology he became '' Qadi '' in Dinawar (a town in Kurdistan ), and afterwards a teacher in Baghdad , where he died. He was the first representative of the eclectic school of Baghdad Philologist s that succeeded the schools of Kufa and Basra .
Although engaged also in theological Polemic , his chief works were directed to the training of the ideal Secretary . His ''Adab al-katib'' ("Training of the Secretary") contains instruction in Writing and is a compendium of Arabic style. The most important of his works is the ''`Uyun al-akhbar'', which deals in ten books with Lordship , War , Nobility , Character , Science and Eloquence , Asceticism , Friendship , requests, Food and Women , with many illustrations from History , Poetry , and Proverb s.
- Adab al-Kitāb.
- al-Akhbār al-T.iwāl.
- al-Amwāl.
- al-Anwā’.
- al-‘Arab wa ‘Ulūmuhā on Arab intellectual history.
- al-Ashriba on alcoholic beverages.
- Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa or A‘lām al-Nubuwwa on the Proofs of Prophethood.
- Fad.l al-‘Arab ‘alā al-‘Ajam in praise of the Arabs.
- Gharīb al-Qur’ān also known as Mushkil al-Qur’ān, on its lexical difficulties.
- I‘rāb al-Qur’ān, a philological commentary.
- al-Ikhtilāf fī al-Lafz. wa al-Radd ‘alā al-Jahmiyya wal-Mushabbiha, a refutation of both the Allegorizers and the Anthropomorphists. This slim volume received editions in Egypt.
- al-Ishtiqāq.
- Is.lāh. Ghalat. Abī ‘Ubayd, corrections on al-Qāsim ibn Salām’s Gharīb al-H.adīth.
- Jāmi‘ al-Fiqh in jurisprudence, dispraised as unreliable by al-T.abarī and Ibn Surayj, as was Ibn Qutayba’s al-Amwāl.
- Jāmi‘ al-Nah.w al-Kabīr and Jāmi‘ al-Nah.w al-S.aghīr.
- al-Jarāthīm in linguistics.
- al-Jawābāt al-H.ād.ira.
- al-Ma‘ānī al-Kabīr.---al-Ma‘ārif, a slim volume that manages to cover topics from the beginning of creation and facts about the Jāhiliyya to the names of the Companions and famous jurists and h.adīth Masters.
- al-Masā’il wal-Ajwiba.
- al-Maysar wal-Qidāh. on dice and lots.
- al-Na‘m wal-Bahā’im on cattle and livestock.
- al-Nabāt in botany.
- al-Qirā’āt in the canonical readings.
- al-Radd ‘alā al-Qā’il bi Khalq al-Qur’ān, against those who assert the createdness of the Qur’an.
- al-Radd ‘alā al-Shu‘aybiyya, a refutation of a sub-sect of the ‘Ajārida ‘At.awiyya, itself a sub-sect of the Khawārij.
- al-Rah.l wal-Manzil.
- Ta‘bīr al-Ru’yā on the interpretation of dreams.
- Talqīn al-Muta‘allim min al-Nah.w in grammar.
- ‘Uyūn al-Akhbār in history.
- ‘Uyūn al-Shi‘r in poetry.
- al-Shi‘r wal-Shu‘arā’
Other writings include the ''Kitab ash-Shi`r wa-ash-Shu`ara''' ("Book of Poetry and Poets") and the '' Kitab al-Maarif ''.
- http://www.sunnah.org/history/Scholars/ibn_qutayba.htm
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