Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2… (1911)
“ While the latter followed (or led) the Shuʽūbite movement and declared for the excellence of all things not Arabian, Aṣmaʽī was the pious Moslem and avowed supporter of the superiority of the Arabs over all peoples, and of the freedom of their language and literature from all foreign influence. Some of his scholars attained high rank as literary men. ”
