# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-kisa-i
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:03:09.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-kisa-i"
name: "Al-Kisa'i"
slug: "al-kisa-i"
description: "Al-Kisā’ī was a Persian polymath and founder of the Kufan School of Arabic grammar. He directly served caliph Harun al Rashid as the Abbasid court tutor for two future caliphs. He is also called one of the ‘Seven Readers’ of the seven canonical Qira'at."
tagline: "8th-century founder of Kufi school of Arabic grammar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "737"
deathDate: "805"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.076284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "علی بن حمزہ کسائی کوفی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A"
    title: "الكسائي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Əl-Kisai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আল-কিসায়ি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کیسائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kisa'i"
    title: "Al-Kisa'i"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کسائی کوفی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kisa'i"
    title: "Al-Kisa'i"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Әл-Кисаи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "علی بن حمزہ کسائی کوفی"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B8"
    title: "Аль-Кисаи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump