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(Philologist)
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, a renowned Arab scholar from Basra, Iraq, is credited with creating the first Arabic dictionary, Kitab al-'Ayn, and introducing the standard harakat system for Arabic script. His contributions to Arabic prosody and musicology have had a lasting impact on various languages including Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, and Urdu. Al-Farahidi's work in analyzing Classical Arabic poetry and cryptography has also left a significant mark in these fields.
