Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār (, (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 on Qurayshite genealogy.

Biography He was born and raised in Medina and served as the qadi of Mecca in 242 AH ( CE).Sezgin, GAS, I, p.317 In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.

He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.

Works Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:Majallat al-ʻArab, 2006 CE/1427 AH

Published works Jamharat nasab Quraysh wa-akhbāruhā () Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqīyāt () Ah̲bār Abī Abī Dahbal al-Jumaḥī () Azwāj al-Nabī (). The edited version is named: Al-Muntakhab min Kitāb azwāj al-Nabī () Commentary on "Kitāb al-Amthāl" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām Commentary on "Kitāb al-Nasab" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām

Lost works Akhbār al-ʻArab wa-ayyāmuhā ()- translit., "Arabs & Their Times" Nawādir akhbār al-nasab () Al-ikhtilāf () or Al-aḥlāf ()- translit., "Alliances" Nawādir al-madanīyīn () Al-nakhīl ()- translit., "Palm Trees" Al-ʻaqīq wa-akhbāruhu () Al-Aws wa-al-Khazraj () - translit., "The Aws & The Khazraj (Tribes)"

See also Ibn Inabah

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