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الْأَخْفَش الْأَكْبَر

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al-’Akhfash al-’Akbar (الْأَخْفَش الْأَكْبَر; died 793/177 AH): Al-’Akhfash al-’Akbar, also known as Abu al-Khaṭṭāb ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn ʻAbd al-Majīd, was the first to provide ancient poems with interlinear commentary. The term الْأَكْبَر here means “oldest” rather than “greatest”.