Abu al-Ghamr al-Uqayli His linguistic narrations in Arab heritage

Abstract

This research addresses the definition of one of the prominent narrators of eloquent Bedouins, Abu al-Ghamr al-Uqayli. It then collects his linguistic narrations, which are scattered without a specific order within Arabic dictionaries and Arab heritage books, comparing and cross-referencing some of them. The study also includes correcting errors, misreadings, and distortions found in these narrations.

The research relies on thoroughly examining these narrations, regardless of their sources, and tracing them from various linguistic, heritage, and non-linguistic sources across different eras. These sources, arranged chronologically, include: Al-Jim by al-Shibani (206 AH), Al-Islah al-Mantiq by Ibn Sikkit (244 AH), Gharib al-Hadith by al-Harrabi (285 AH), Al-Bar' fi al-Lugha by Abu Ali al-Qali (356 AH), Al-Tahdhib by Al-Azhari (370 AH), Al-Sihah by Al-Jawhari (393 AH), Al-Bawarez wa al-Dakhā’ir by Al-Tawhidi (around 400 AH), Kitab al-Af'al by Ibn al-Haddad (after 400 AH), Al-Fusus by Saad al-Ruba'i (417 AH), Al-Mukhasas by Ibn Sīdeh (458 AH), Al-Abab al-Zakhir by Al-Saghani (650 AH), Lisan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (711 AH), and Taj al-‘Urous by Zabidi (1205 AH). Most of the narrations were collected from Al-Jim and Al-Islah al-Mantiq.

These narrations were carefully compiled and organized alphabetically in a comprehensive linguistic dictionary, covering all that has been documented. This effort will provide researchers with accessible means to gather the narrations of the eloquent Bedouin narrators, many of which have not received proper attention, collection, or study. This foundation will enable further linguistic and critical research and benefit from their content.