Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār | |
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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 |
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]
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 attributed to Ibn Bakkar:[5]