Al-Andalus also experienced the Muʿtazila school and philosophy, as attested to in the book of Ibn Mura (931).[1]a Language The study of language spread and was invigorated by the migration of the linguist (967), who migrated from Baghdad to Cordoba and wrote a two-volume work entitled based on his teachings at the Mosque of Córdoba.[1][2] He also authored a 5000 page compendium on language and an-Nawādir.[1] Some of his contemporaries were (968), (992), and Ibn al-Qawtiya (977).[1] Ibn Sidah (1066) wrote and .[1] History At first, Andalusi writers mixed history with legend, as did .[1] They later wrote annals in the format of Al-Tabari's text History of the Prophets and Kings, which (980) complemented with contemporary annals.[1]