Al-Asmaʿi
Philologist
Al-Asmaʿi, or Asmai was an Arab philologist and one of three leading Arabic grammarians of the Basra school. Wikipedia
Born: 741 AD, Basrah, Iraq
Died: 831 AD (age 90 years), Basrah, Iraq
Books: Asma'iyyat
Nationality: Iraqi
Full name: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Quraib as-Aṣmaʿī
Parents: Quraib Bin Abd El-Malek
Notable works: Asma'iyyat, Fuḥūlat al-Shu’arā’, Book of Distinction, the Book of the Wild Animals