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Persian jurist and scholar (c.828-889)

Also known as: Ibn Qutaiba, 'Abd Allāh ibn Muslim ad-Dīnawarī Ibn Qutaiba, Abd Allah Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muslim al-Dinwari Ibn Qutaybah, Abū Muhammad 'Abd Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutaiba ad-Dīnawarī, Abū Muhammad Abd-Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī, Ibn Qutayba

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Known works

  • Risālat al-khaṭṭ wa-al-qalam (1989)
  • ʻAqāʼid al-salaf
  • Ashribah
  • Aʻlām Rasūl Allāh al-munazzalah ʻalá rusulihi ṣallá Allāh ʻalayhim
  • al- Ashribah wa-dhikr ikhtilāf al-nās fīhā (1995)