Muhammad Bahjat Athari

Muhammad Bahjat Athari
Born1904 (1904)
Baghdad, Iraq
Died1996 (aged 91–92)
Baghdad, Iraq
OccupationsArabic language teacher, jurist, calligrapher and historian
AwardsKing Faisal Prize for Arabic Literature in 1986

Muhammad Bahjat Athari (Arabic: محمد بهجة الأثري) was a Muslim Iraqi linguist, historian and a jurist. He was a student and close companion of the Hanafi scholar, Mahmud Shukri al-Alusi.

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