Al-Akhfash al-Akbar

Abu al-Khaṭṭāb ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʻAbd al-Majīd (Arabic: أبو الخطاب عبد الحميد بن عبد المجيد; died 177 AH/793 CE‎), commonly known as Al-Akhfash al-Akbar (Arabic: الأخفش الأكبر‎) was a notable Arab grammarian. He was born in Hajar, Bahrain but lived in Basra.

His most notable students were: Sibawayh^[1], Yunus ibn Habib^[1], Abu 'Ubaydah Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna, Abu Zayd al-Ansari and Al-Asma'i.

References

^ ^a ^b Sībawayh, ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān (1988), Hārūn, ʻAbd al-Salām Muḥammad, ed., Al-Kitāb Kitāb Sībawayh Abī Bishr ʻAmr ibn ʻUthmān ibn Qanbar, Introduction (3rd ed.), Cairo: Maktabat al-Khānjī, p. 9

Persondata
Name	Al-Akhfash Al-Akbar
Alternative names
Short description	Grammarian
Date of birth
Place of birth	Hajar, Bahrain
Date of death	793
Place of death