Sarcouncil Journal of Arts and Literature Aims & Scope

Abstract: This article presents a systematic analysis of the scholarly legacy of the 10th-century Arab philologist, lexicographer, and stylist Abu Hilāl al-ʿAskarī, using a linguobibliographic approach. The study object encompasses 33 works attributed to the author, while the research subject focuses on the publication status, manuscript forms, preservation locations, and source-critical relevance of these texts. The methodology includes textual criticism, codicological description, authorial attribution, and synchronic-diachronic analysis. For the first time, fragmentary data were consolidated into a unified linguobibliographic corpus, based on typological and functional-syntactic criteria. Each work was classified into one of three categories according to its textual status: published (المؤلفات المطبوعة), unpublished (غير المطبوعة), or lost/apocryphal (المؤلفات المفقودة). The model proposed in this study provides a methodological foundation for future research in Arabic philology, particularly in textual reconstruction and the development of digital bibliographic registries, while also contributing to the scholarly reception of al-ʿAskarī’s intellectual heritage.