Abū Yūsuf Ya‘qūb Ibn as-Sikkīt was a Persian philologist tutor to the son of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil and a great grammarian and scholar of poetry of the al-Kūfah school. He was punished on the orders of the caliph and died between 857 and 861.
Academics born in the 800s 6
About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 802 to 858 · aged 56
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11 languages
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