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Identification
al-Ḫawwāṣ, Aḥmad b. ʻAbbād b. Šuʻayb al-Qinā'ī
الخواص٬ احمد بن عباد بن شعيب القنائي
Šihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʻAbbās
شهاب الدين أبو العباس
Titles: faqih
Dates
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Birth
Estimated
Zirikli, I, 142. Uncertain.
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Death
Expressed
Biographic comments
He was a shepherd from Qinā (Egypt), later earned his living making fans (al-ḫawṣ). He entered al-Azhār in 806 H and became Šāfiʻī faqīh, grammarian and expert in prosody.
Additional information
References
- Place Place of birth Qinā, EG
- Place Place of death Cairo / al-Qāhira, Cairo Governatorate, EG
Bibliographical references
- al-Aʻlām: qāmus tarāǧim, vol. 1, al-Ābarī - Iġn... on page 142
- Muʻǧam al-ta'rīḫ al-turāṯ al-islāmiyya fī makta... on page 281, n. 789
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Band 2: 27 on page 27
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Zweiter S... on page 22