Talk:Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani

Merger with Abu Bakr al-Jurjani

It's been suggested that this and the above article be merged. To my understanding, they are actually two different people - notice the bibliographies don't match - although contemporaries. We could do with having an expert clarify this, though. — Hex (❝?!❞) 21:25, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm certain that this is just one individual. I'll refer to the two articles abbreviating their titles with as ABJ and AQJ. Consider

• the full names are identical apart from the usual spelling variants (and mistakes) and the inclusion of "bin Muhammad", giving his grandfather's name, in AQJ only;
• the death date of 1078 AD given in ABJ is identical to 471 AH as given in AQJ;
• Kitab ul-'Awdmil ul-Mi'a, given in ABJ is the same (apart from spelling variants and mistakes) as Al-'Awamel al-Mi'ah given in AQJ;
• Kitab Jumal fin-Nahw, given in ABJ must be the same as Al-Jumal given in AQJ;
• Asrar al Balagha, given in AQJ, is referred to in my more recent Britannica, where the article is nearly identical to ABJ.

The merger should take place SamuelTheGhost (talk) 22:30, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Cool! Glad to be set straight. Go for it. — Hex (❝?!❞) 22:55, 1 July 2010 (UTC)