Bughyat al-Wu'at fi Tabaqat al-Lughawiyyin wa al-Nuhat

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Bughyat al-Wu'at fi Tabaqat al-Lughawiyyin wa al-Nuhat is a biographical dictionary by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti that profiles prominent Arabic linguists and grammarians across the centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic-language book
Islamic scholarly work
biographical dictionary
aim to document the lives of Arabic linguists and grammarians
to preserve the scholarly tradition of Arabic philology
associatedWith Cairo intellectual milieu
Mamluk-era scholarship
author Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti NERFINISHED
compilationMethod arranged by tabaqat (classes or generations)
based on earlier biographical and philological sources
coversPeriod early Islamic centuries
medieval Islamic period
field Islamic biographical literature
history of Arabic philology
focusesOn Arabic grammarians
Arabic linguists
genre tabaqat work
language Arabic
provides biographical notices
information on teachers and students of linguists
information on works authored by linguists
scholarly evaluations of linguists
religiousContext Islamic scholarship
subject Arabic grammar
Arabic linguistics
titleTranslation The Desire of the Aware in the Classes of Linguists and Grammarians NERFINISHED
usedAs reference work for Arabic linguistics history
usedBy editors of classical Arabic texts
historians of Arabic grammar
philologists

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Al-Suyuti notableWork Bughyat al-Wu'at fi Tabaqat al-Lughawiyyin wa al-Nuhat