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Zamakhshari




Born in Zamakhshar, Khwarezmia , he became a renowned scholar of the Mutazilite school of Islam .

His most famous works are:

  • کتاب الامکنه والجبال والمیاه ( Geography )

  • اساس البلاغه (Literature)

  • مقدمه الادب ( Arabic to Persian dictionary)

  • مفصل انموذج ('' Nahw '': Arabic grammar)

  • کشاف (A '' Tafsir '' of the Qur'an )


He is most famous for the last work, and studied at Bukhara and Samarkand while enjoying the fellowship of jurists of Baghdad . For many years he stayed in Mecca , for which he became known as Jar-illah ("God's neighbour"). He later returned to Khwarizm, where he died at the capital Jurjaniyya.

Zamakhshari's fame as a commentator rests upon his commentary on the Qur'an, called al-Kashshaf ("the Revealer"). In spite of its Mu'tazili theology it was famous among scholars.


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