Ibn Ya'kûb al-Mağribî and his position in rhetoric

In this study, Ibn Ya'kûb el-Mağribî and his position in rhetoric is studied within the context of his work Mevâhibu'l-fettâh fî şerhi Telhîsi'l-Miftâh. The political, social, economic and cultural conditions of Maghreb in his time can be said to be effective on the scientific personality of the author, who wrote around twenty works most of them being in the fields of logic and language. The author's work about rhetoric is Mevâhibu'l-fettâh, an annotation he wrote for el-Kazvinî's Telhîs. In this work, he mostly benefits from Arabic poetry from Arabic language data sources, and he mentions the verses of the Koran and the hadiths of Hz. Muhammad as evidence and representation. His mastery of logic reflects on his rhetoric methodology. In his work, he usually uses logical observation and mostly focuses on divisions and definitions. When appropriate, he also mentions the linguistic analyses of the verses, hadiths and poems, which are used as evidence. He, if need be, refers to the works and opinions of the preceding rhetoric scholars about the issues related to al-Maani, al-Bayan, and al-Badi, the three main disciplines of rhetoric. He identically transfers the views of the parties on the controversial issues, sometimes prefers one of them and sometimes does not make a remark about them. As to some other issues, he puts forward his original views. Key Words: Rhetoric, Method, Ibn Ya'kûb el-Mağribî, al-Maani, al-Bayan, al-Badi