Cairo
Muhammad Murtada al-Zabidi was born in India, studied in Yemen and settled in Cairo, where he wrote Taj al-Arus, the largest classical dictionary of Arabic,…
Muhammad Murtada al-Zabidi was born in India, studied in Yemen and settled in Cairo, where he wrote Taj al-Arus, the largest classical dictionary of Arabic, and Ithaf al-Sada al-Muttaqin, a commentary on al-Ghazali's Ihya'. He passed away in 1205 AH. His grave is on al-Ashraf Street, near the shrines of Sayyida Atika and al-Ja'fari.