Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar

Arab historian
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār
Title Al-Nassābah ("The Genealogist")
Born 788 CE/172 AH
Medina
Died 870 CE/256 AH
Mecca
Ethnicity Arab
Religion Islam
Main interest(s) History, Genealogy, Poetry[1]

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār (Arabic: أبو عبدالله الزبير بن بكار بن عبد الله بن مصعب بن ثابت بن عبد الله بن الزبير بن العوام, (788-870 CE / 172-256 AH), a descendant of Al-Zubayr ibn al-ʻAwwām, was a leading Arab Muslim historian and genealogist[2] of the Arabs, particularly the Hijaz region. He composed a number of works on genealogy that made him a standing authority on the subject of the genealogies of the Quraysh tribe. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani regarded him as the most reliable authority for Quraysh genealogical matters.[3]

Biography

He was born and raised in Medina and served as qadi in Mecca in 242 AH.[4] In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by Al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.[1]

He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.[1]

Works

The following is a list of the works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:[5]

Published works

Lost works

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ibn Bakkār, Al-Zubayr (1996), al-ʻĀnī, Sāmī Makkī, ed., Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqīyāt (2nd ed.), Dār ʻĀlam al-Kutub, pp. 14–18
  2. Khalidi, T. (2001). The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature. Harvard University Press. p. 188. ISBN 0-674-00477-9.
  3. Crow, Karim Douglas (2005). Facing one Qiblah: legal and doctrinal aspects of Sunni and Shi'ah Muslims. Pustaka Nasional Pte Ltd. p. 194.
  4. Sezgin, GAS, I, p.317
  5. Majallat al-ʻArab, 2006 CE/1427 AH
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