Zamakhshari biography of william

  • A medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent.
  • 1 Al-Zamakhshari was born in 467/1075 at Zamakhshar in Khwarazm, and died in 538/1144 in Jurjaniyya, where he was buried.
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    Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Lees, William Nassau

    ​LEES, WILLIAM NASSAU (1825–1889), major-general in the Indian army and orientalist, fourth son of Sir Harcourt Lees [q. v.], bart., was born on 26 Feb. 1825, and educated at Nut Grove and at Trinity College, Dublin, but took no degree. He was appointed to a Bengal cadetship in 1846, and was posted to the late 42nd Bengal native infantry as ensign in March 1846. He became lieutenant in July 1853, captain in September 1858, major in June 1865, lieutenant-colonel in 1868, colonel in 1876, and major-general in 1885, having been placed on the supernumerary list in 1884. He was for some years principal of the Madrásá or Mohammedan College, Calcutta (averaging four hundred students), in which institution he was also professor of law, logic, literature, and mathematics. He was likewise secretary to the college of Fort William, Persian translator to the government, and government examiner in Arabic, Persian, and Urd

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    William Nassau Lees

    William Nassau Lees (1825–1889) was a British Army officer in India, known as an orientalist.

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    The fourth son of Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart., he was born on 26 February 1825, and educated at Nut Grove and at Trinity College, Dublin, but took no degree. He was appointed to a Bengal cadetship in 1846, and was posted to the 42nd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry as ensign in March 1846. He became lieutenant in July 1853, captain in September 1858, major in June 1865, lieutenant-colonel in 1868, colonel in 1876, and major-general in 1885, having been placed on the supernumerary list in 1884.[1]

    Lees was for some years principal of the Calcutta Madrasa, where he was also professor of law, logic, literature, and mathematics. He was sekreterare to Fort William College, Persian translator to the government, and government examiner in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu for all branches of the service; and for some years part proprietor of the Times

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    Al-Tabari and al-Zamakhshiri (Features of their Exegeses)

    Al-TABARI AND Al-ZAMAKHSHIRI (LIFE AND WORKS) BY S. M. No. 1826 INTRODUCTION: Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari (225-310 AH/839-923 CE) Philips, Abu Ameenah Bilal; Usool at-Tafseer; p. 54. from Tabreez (western Iran), was a prominent legalist, muhaddith, historian, scholar, grammarian, Margoliouth, D. S.; Arabic Historians; p.107. exegete and reciter of the Quran, who composed all his works in Arabic. An impressively prolific polymath, he wrote on subjects such as poetry, Brill, E. J.; First Encyclopaedia of Islam-1913-1936 (Vol. VII); p.578 history, lexicography, grammar, ethics, mathematics and medicine. Jones, Lindsay; Encyclopaedia of Religion (Vol XIII); p. 8943 He is generally regarded as the most important figure in the formally established classical tradition of tafsir. Esposito, John L.; The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Modern Islamic World (Vol. IV); p. 172. He had a deep knowledge of the Quranic sciences lik