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  "ar": "ابن أبي الإصبع، أبو محمد زكي الدين بن ظافر",
  "en": "Ibn Abi al-Isba, Zaki al-Din ibn Zafir"
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  "ar": "كاتب وأديب مصري تربّى في مدارس مصر إبان الدولة الأيوبية وشطراً من دولة الممالك البحرية، صاحب مؤلفات في البيان والبديع.",
  "en": "An Egyptian writer and man of letters, raised in the schools of Egypt under the Ayyubids and part of the Bahri Mamluk period, author of works on rhetoric and figures of speech."
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    "value": "عبد العظيم بن عبد الواحد بن ظافر"
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    "kind": "kunya",
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    "value": "أبو محمد"
   },
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    "kind": "laqab",
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    "value": "زكي الدين"
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   "hijri": "0654",
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   "generated_by": "Devin; Mawsuat A'lam vol 2 pp. 77-77, lib-mawsuat-a3lam"
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء (أليكسو/دار الجيل 2004) ج2 ص77-77",
   "generated_by": "Devin",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "عبد العظيم بن عبد الواحد بن ظافر، أبو محمد، لقبه زكي الدين المصري، المعروف بابن أبي الإصبع. كاتب وأديب مصري تربّى في مدارس مصر إبان الدولة الأيوبية وشطراً من دولة الممالك البحرية. له مؤلفات في البيان والبديع. {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.77}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "التواريخ",
     "markdown": "وُلد نحو 595هـ (1199م) وتوفي سنة 654هـ (1255م). {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.77}"
    }
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    "id": "person/ibn-abi-al-isba-zaki-al-din",
    "lang": "ar",
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abd al-Azim ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Zafir, Abu Muhammad, whose title was Zaki al-Din al-Misri, known as Ibn Abi al-Isba'. An Egyptian writer and man of letters, raised in the schools of Egypt during the Ayyubid state and part of the Bahri Mamluk state. He wrote works on rhetoric (bayan) and figures of speech (badi'). {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.77}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Dates",
     "markdown": "He was born around 595 AH (1199 CE) and died in 654 AH (1255 CE). {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.77}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-abi-al-isba-zaki-al-din",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "عبد العظیم بن عبد الواحد بن ظافر، کنیت ابو محمد، لقب زکی الدین المصری، جو ابن ابی الاصبع کے نام سے مشہور ہیں۔ مصر کے کاتب اور ادیب تھے، جو ایوبی دور میں مصر کے مدرسوں میں پلے بڑھے اور مملوک بحری دور کے کچھ حصے تک زندہ رہے۔ ان کی کتابیں بیان اور بدیع کے فن پر ہیں۔ {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.77}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تاریخیں",
     "markdown": "ان کی پیدائش تقریباً پانچ سو پچانوے ہجری یعنی بارہ سو ننانوے عیسوی میں ہوئی، اور وفات چھ سو چون ہجری یعنی بارہ سو پچپن عیسوی میں ہوئی۔ {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.77}"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   "updated": "2026-10-19"
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  "concept/al-tanahmir-himyari-speech",
  "concept/aljamia",
  "concept/asma-al-arab-min-al-nabat",
  "concept/hikam-ali-ibn-abi-talib",
  "concept/poetry-attributed-to-ali",
  "event/delegation-of-banu-tamim",
  "event/kaab-ibn-zuhayr-pardon-and-burda",
  "event/khuzaa-appeal-to-medina"
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