The emergence of grammar and the history of the most famous grammarians

The book / The Rise of Grammar and the History of the Most Famous Grammarians, by the author / Muhammad Al-Tantawi, presents a detailed historical journey of the development of Arabic grammar science and its scholars. It begins with researching the reason, time, and place of the establishment of grammar and attributing it to Abu Al-Aswad Al-Du'ali, then follows its four stages: formation, growth, maturity, and criticism. It presents with intense focus the classes of grammarians of Basra and Kufa and their debates, and the reasons for the disagreement of the two schools. It traces the spread of grammar in Baghdad, the East, Egypt, the Levant, and Al-Andalus through the Islamic eras until the era of the Turks, mentioning the most prominent scholars and their works in each stage.