Ibn Mada, full name Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Lakhmi al-Qurtubi, was an Andalusian Muslim polymath from Cordoba in al-Andalus. He challenged the traditional formation of Arabic grammar and the common Arab grammarians understanding of linguistic governance, an overhaul first suggested two centuries earlier by al-Jahiz, and is considered the first linguist in history to address grammatical dependency in the sense the term carries today. He served as chief judge of the Almohad Caliphate and was instrumental during the Almohad reforms.
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