Muḥammad ibn Tamīm ibn Tamām al-Tamīmī (Arabic: محمد بن تميم بن تمام التميمي; died 945) more commonly known as Abu al-Arab (أبو العرب; lit.
Abu al-Arab year of birth is unknown, though he most probably was born between 864 and 873 in the city of Kayrawan, the cultural center of Ifriqiya (corresponds to modern-day Tunisia), at the time was under the control of the Fatimid Caliphate.
His great-grandfather held the governorship of Tunis and he also successfully managed to seize control of Kayrawan in the year 799.
[2] Sequentially, Abu al-Arab devoted his time to teaching in Kayrawan, his most notable student was Ibn Abi Zayd al-Kayrawani (d.
[1] Abu al-Arab relied also on the work of Issa ibn Abi al-Mouhajir for his writings about Ifriqiya[3]..