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 on Qurayshite genealogy.[3]
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār | |
|---|---|
| Title | Al-Nassābah ("The Genealogist") |
| Personal | |
| Born | 788 CE/172 AH Medina, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | 870 CE/256 AH Mecca, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
| Region | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Creed | Sunni |
| Main interest(s) | History, Genealogy, Poetry[1] |
| Occupation | Arab historian |
Biography edit
He was born and raised in Medina and served as the qadi of Mecca in 242 AH (c. 864 CE).[4] In one of his visits to Baghdad, Ibn Bakkar was invited by the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil to become the tutor to his son.[1]
He died in Mecca after he fell from a roof.[1]
Works edit
Works attributed to Ibn Bakkar:[5]
Published works edit
- 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 "Kitāb al-Amthāl" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām
- Commentary on "Kitāb al-Nasab" of Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām
Lost works edit
- Akhbār al-ʻArab wa-ayyāmuhā (أخبار العرب وأيامها)- translit., "Arabs & Their Times"
- Nawādir akhbār al-nasab (نوادر أخبار النسب)
- Al-ikhtilāf (الاختلاف) or Al-aḥlāf (الأحلاف)- translit., "Alliances"
- Nawādir al-madanīyīn (نوادر المدنيين)
- Al-nakhīl (النخيل)- translit., "Palm Trees"
- Al-ʻaqīq wa-akhbāruhu (العقيق وأخباره)
- Al-Aws wa-al-Khazraj (الأوس والخزرج) - translit., "The Aws & The Khazraj (Tribes)"
References edit
- ^ a b c Ibn Bakkār, Al-Zubayr (1996), al-ʻĀnī, Sāmī Makkī (ed.), Al-Akhbār al-muwaffaqīyāt (2nd ed.), Dār ʻĀlam al-Kutub, pp. 14–18
- ^ Khalidi, T. (2001). The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature. Harvard University Press. p. 188. ISBN 0-674-00477-9.
- ^ Crow, Karim Douglas (2005). Facing one Qiblah: legal and doctrinal aspects of Sunni and Shi'ah Muslims. Pustaka Nasional Pte Ltd. p. 194. ISBN 9789971775520.
- ^ Sezgin, GAS, I, p.317
- ^ Majallat al-ʻArab, 2006 CE/1427 AH