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Ibn Qutaybah

Abū Muhammad Abd-Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī
Title ibn Qutaybah
Born 828CE, 213 AH
Died 15 Rajab 276 AH/ 13 November, 889 AD
Era Islamic golden age
Occupation Scholar of Islam
Religion Islam
Jurisprudence Sunni
Main interest(s) politics, history, Tafsir, Hadith, Kalam and Arabic literature
Notable work(s)
  • Training of the Secretary
  • ‘Uyun al-akhbar
  • Gharīb al-Qur’ān

Abū Muhammad Abd-Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī or simply Ibn Qutaybah (Arabic: ابن قتيبة‎, translit. Ibn Qutaybah‎; 828 – 13 November 889 CE / 213 – 15 Rajab 276 AH) was a renowned Islamicscholar of Persian origin. He served as a judge during the Abbasid Caliphate, but was best known for his contributions to Arabic literature. He was a polymath who wrote on diverse subjects, such as Qur'anic exegesis, hadith, theology, philosophy, law and jurisprudence, grammar, philology, history, astronomy, agriculture and botany.

His full name is Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim ibn Qutaybah ad-Dīnawarī. He was born in Kufa in what is now Iraq. He was of Iranian descent; his father was from Merv. Having studied tradition and philology he became qadi in Dinawar during the reign of Al-Mutawakkil, and afterwards a teacher in Baghdad where he died. He was the first representative of the school of Baghdad philologists that succeeded the schools of Kufa and Basra.


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