Al-Tuwal Explained

Al-Ṭuwāl (Arabic: الطُّوال)
Honorific Suffix:The Grammarian (Arabic: النحوّى)
Birth Place:Kūfah
Other Names:Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Ṭuwal the Grammarian
Occupation:Professor of philology
Period:Abbāsid Era
Known For:Arabic language grammatical analysis
Al-Ṭuwāl the Grammarian
School Tradition:Grammarians of Kufa
Influences:Al-Kisā’ī and Al-Aṣma’ī
Discipline:Arabic philology
Sub Discipline:Linguistic analysis

Al-Ṭuwāl the Grammarian (Arabic: الطُّوال النحوّى), surnamed Abū ‘Abd Allāh (Arabic: أبوعبد الله), or Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Abd Allāh (Arabic: محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الله). 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 (Arabic: أبو عمرو الدّورىّ المقرئ) was his disciple ('hearer'). Abū al-Abbās Tha’lab (Arabic: أبو العباس ثعلب) said he was a skillful analyst of Arabic grammar. No books of his are known. He died in 857-858 (243 AH).

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