Al-Zamakhshari, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Al-Zamakhshari

scholar

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1075

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1144

Profession: writer, theologian, philosopher, literary, mufassir, philologist, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari, known widely as al-Zamakhshari (in Persian: ????? ???????), also called Jar Allah (Arabic for "God's neighbour") (18 March 1075 – 12 June 1144), was a medieval Muslim scholar of Persian origin, who subscribed to the Mu?tazilite theological doctrine but later repented and converted to Sunni Islam, who was born in Khwarezmia, but lived most of his life in Bukhara, Samarkand, and Baghdad.
He was a great authority on the Arabic language as well as a rationalist theologian.