JAWALIQI

jawaliqi, abu mansur mauhub ul-jawaliqi (1073-1145), arabian grammarian, was born at bagdad, where he studied philology under tibrizi and became famous for his handwriting. in his later years he acted as imam to the caliph moqtafi. his chief work is the _kitab ul-mu'arrab_, or "explanation of foreign words used in arabic." the text was edited from an incomplete manuscript by e. sachau (leipzig, 1867). many of the lacunae in this have been supplied from another manuscript by w. spitta in the _journal of the german oriental society_, xxxiii. 208 sqq. another work, written as a supplement to the _durrat ul-ghawwas_ of hariri (q.v.), has been published as "le livre des locutions vicieuses," by h. derenbourg in _morgenlandische forschungen_ (leipzig, 1875), pp. 107-166. (g. w. t.)