Al Zubayr ibn Bakkar

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Ethnicity Arab Religion Islam		Name Al-Zubayr Bakkar Role Author
Title Al-Nassabah ("The Genealogist") Died 870 AD, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Main interests History, Genealogy, Arabic poetry

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 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.

Biography

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

He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.

Works

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

Published works

Jamharat nasab Quraysh wa-akhbāruhā (جمهرة نسب قريش وأخبارها)

Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqīyāt (الأخبار الموفقيات)

Ah̲bār Abī Abī Dahbal al-Jumaḥī (أخبار أبي دهبل الجمحي)

Azwāj al-Nabī (أزواج النبي). The edited version is named: Al-Muntakhab min Kitāb azwāj al-Nabī (المنتخب من كتاب أزواج النبي)

Commentary on Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām's book "Kitāb al-Amthāl".

Commentary on Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām's book "Kitāb al-Nasab".

Lost works

Akhbār al-ʻArab wa-ayyāmuhā (أخبار العرب وأيامها)

Nawādir akhbār al-nasab (نوادر أخبار النسب)

Al-ikhtilāf (الاختلاف) or Al-aḥlāf (الأحلاف)

Nawādir al-madanīyīn (نوادر المدنيين)

Al-nakhīl (النخيل)

Al-ʻaqīq wa-akhbāruhu (العقيق وأخباره)

Al-Aws wa-al-Khazraj (الأوس والخزرج)

References

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar Wikipedia

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Biography

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Published works

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