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Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Thaʿālibī was a poet, critic, lexicographer, historian of literature, prolific scholar, and one of the most important literary figures in the tenth-eleventh centuries. This work of his entitled Khāṣṣ al-khāṣṣ fī l-amthāl is a collection of proverbs and their equivalents in a number of cultures and professions.

11th century. --- Arabic. --- Poetry. --- proverbs. --- Islam --- Islamic theology --- Islamic studies